Aspirin helps reduce the risk of ovarian cancer

Regular use of some painkillers may reduce the risk of ovarian cancer in women.

New Danish research shows that women who used aspirin regularly (twice a week, for at least a month) reduced their risk of ovarian cancer by 40% compared with women who did not take medicine. . Most ovarian cancer is serum cancer and is often lethal.

In addition, the researchers found that acetaminophen and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen and naproxen also reduced the risk of the disease by about 28%.

However, regular use of aspirin increases the risk of gastrointestinal ulceration and bleeding, so more research is needed on the effect. The results of the study were published in the September issue of Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica .

Dr. Noah Kauff, director of ovarian cancer screening and prevention at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, said: "We need strategies to prevent ovarian cancer in no way. The formula is effective for screening for ovarian cancer, so the disease is often detected in the late stages, and while the gene mutation (called BRCA genes -Breast Cancer gene) increases the risk, up to 80% - 85% of cases occur in women without the disease ".

Researchers believe that chronic inflammation may play a role in the onset of cancer, and therefore drugs that have anti-inflammatory effects may reduce the risk of cancer.