Aspirin protection for Lynch syndrome

Monday, September 28, 2009 - 14:42 in Health & Medicine

(PhysOrg.com) -- A daily dose of aspirin can prevent the occurrence of cancer in people with a genetic predisposition towards Lynch syndrome, a Newcastle University scientist has told Europe`s largest cancer congress. Lynch syndrome is a condition which accounts for around 5 per cent of all colon cancers.

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