According to a new study, that concerns the benefits of aspirin on cancer. Daily intake of two aspirin for two years cuts long term colon cancer risk by 60% in those who have a family connection with this disease. Recently there’s been intense debate regarding taking aspirin daily as it ups the chance to develop ulcers along with internal bleeding. However, it is also well-known for providing protection against heart problems.

The latest study got based from 861 people suffering from a condition called Lynch syndrome, genetics, predisposing them to a variety of different cancers. The condition affects one in every one thousand people, and almost half develop cancer commonly occurs in the womb or bowel.

The subjects in the study started a course of 600mg of aspirin or a placebo pill daily for two years between the years 1999 to 2005. According to the analysis in 2007 has proven no difference in incidents of cancer between groups, but the effect ended up to be delayed in anticipation of 2010 when a clear divergence happened, with 19 new cases of bowel cancer among the subjects that takes aspirin but 34 cases in the placebo-taking group.

For those patients who stayed on the treatment for the entire two years, 60% of the total that starts number, the effects were more clear, and statistically considerable – a 63% decrease in bowel cancers. Aspirin prevents cancer, but the effect may not show up early.

However, the research discovered that there is a 10% possibility of developing ulcers due from aspirin intake.

There is also a possibility that the patient gets the protective benefit on a lesser dose than used in the research, which avoids all those troublesome side effects. For most people, popping some low dose aspirin could prove to be a prudent option. It is not yet clear how things work, but experts think aspirin might have something to do with the results, aspiring does not allow the infected cells into pre-cancerous cells.

This finding could implicate more than just those at risk for cancer, though more study required to see the ideal dose that affects different groups.

For people over 50 years old, it is vital to have regular screening to that they could prevent cancer of the bowel from occurring. Although, there are no symptoms, getting screened early helps in finding polyps and remove them, before the small problem could grow bigger and become troublesome.Screening also helps to find smaller cancers earlier so that they could be treated easier.