"All the cancers in which aspirin has a beneficial effect have some lifestyle causes – from smoking in lung cancer to alcohol in oesophageal cancer and obesity in all of them. Taking aspirin, said Cuzick, "should not be seen as a reason for not improving your lifestyle". The drug, however, would reduce the cancer risk even in people who have a healthy lifestyle, he said."
Now I left in the last part to be fair, but it seems like perhaps the risks (bleeding etc) may not outweigh the benefits for people with a healthy lifestyle.
"All the cancers in which aspirin has a beneficial effect have some lifestyle causes – from smoking in lung cancer to alcohol in oesophageal cancer and obesity in all of them. Taking aspirin, said Cuzick, "should not be seen as a reason for not improving your lifestyle". The drug, however, would reduce the cancer risk even in people who have a healthy lifestyle, he said."
Now I left in the last part to be fair, but it seems like perhaps the risks (bleeding etc) may not outweigh the benefits for people with a healthy lifestyle.