Showing posts with label daily aspirin dose recue breast cancer risk oestrogen cyclooxygenase. Show all posts
Showing posts with label daily aspirin dose recue breast cancer risk oestrogen cyclooxygenase. Show all posts

Friday, 2 May 2008

Daily aspirin dose may reduce breast cancer risk

A daily dose of aspirin may reduce the risk of oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer by 16%, so a study of over 126,000 women suggests.

It may work by blocking an enzyme called cyclooxygenase,which lowers the level of oestrogen in the body.