Study: Regular NSAID Use Reduces Incidence of Colon Cancer

University of North Carolina researchers report that regular use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) appears to substantially reduce the incidence of colon cancer.

The researchers reported in the journal Gastroenterology on their study of 226 patients with colorectal cancer and 493 cancer-free controls.

Participants in the study who were the most regular users of NSAIDs were "substantially less likely to have" colorectal cancer compared with occasional or nonusers, the researchers reported.

"Our observations suggest that NSAID use [is] . . . associated with a lower prevalence" of cancers, the researchers concluded.

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