Regular use of aspirin and statins reduces the risk of cancer in individuals with systemic inflammatory diseases

Aspirin has shown potential for cancer prevention, but a recent large randomized controlled trial found no evidence for a reduction in cancer risk. Given the anti-inflammatory effects of aspirin, systemic inflammatory diseases (SIDs), such as osteoporosis, cardiovascular diseases, and metabolic diseases, could potentially modify the aspirin-cancer link. To investigate the impact of aspirin in people with SIDs, we conducted an observational study on a prospective cohort of 478,615 UK Biobank participants. Individuals with at least one of the 41 SIDs displayed a higher cancer risk than those without SIDs. Regular aspirin use showed protective effects exclusively in patients with SID, contrasting an elevated risk among their non-SID counterparts. Nonetheless, aspirin use demonstrated preventative potential only for 9 of 21 SID-associated cancer subtypes. Cholesterol emerged as another key mediator linking SIDs to cancer risk. Notably, regular statin use displayed protective properties in patients with SID but not in their non-SID counterparts. Concurrent use of aspirin and statins exhibited a stronger protective association in patients with SID, covering 14 common cancer subtypes. In summary, patients with SIDs may represent a population particularly responsive to regular aspirin and statin use. Promoting either combined or individual use of these medications within the context of SIDs could offer a promising chemoprevention strategy.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Cancer research - (2024) vom: 27. März

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lin, Jia-Run [VerfasserIn]
Han, Duan-Duan [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Qin [VerfasserIn]
Rong, Zi-Xuan [VerfasserIn]
Bai, Xue [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yan-Pei [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jian [VerfasserIn]
Cai, Xiao-Ting [VerfasserIn]
Rao, Xu-Guang [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Si-Cong [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Zhong-Yi [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 27.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-23-2941

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NLM37025662X