Long-term aspirin use linked to lower risk for gastrointestinal tract cancers

When I was taking time-release aspirin at night for back pain, I started getting sick a lot. I learned that aspirin decreases the immune system.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/tjnj-lau030116.php

Public Release: 3-Mar-2016
Long-term aspirin use linked to lower risk for gastrointestinal tract cancers
The JAMA Network Journals

Regular low doses of aspirin for at least six years was associated with a modestly reduced overall risk for cancer, primarily due to a lower risk for gastrointestinal tract cancer, especially colorectal cancers, according to an article published online by JAMA Oncology.

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Regular use of aspirin two times or more per week was associated with a 3 percent lower risk for overall cancers, which was mostly due to a 15 percent lower risk for gastrointestinal tract cancers and a 19 percent lower risk for cancers of the colon and rectum, according to the results.

However, regular use of aspirin was not associated with a lower risk for other major cancers, such as breast, prostate or lung, the authors report.

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