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Posted 08 Mar 2017 at 22:03
Sorry guys bit I am going to add cold water to this Trevor has been on aspirin 75mgrms for around 12 years plus statins for the same amount of time due his heart issues.. I suppose to be fair no it didn't stop him getting pca but has it helped him survive longer ?

Apparently 95% of doctors take it .

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Posted 11 Apr 2017 at 21:02
I was going to post a query about the aspirin trial and found this thread.

OH has been asked to participate in this, and has agreed. He has four brothers, two sons and four nephews, and feels it's his duty to do so. We haven't been told much about it, only that they will contact us after the radiotherapy has finished (last one today).

My concerns;

1. the level of aspirin on one of the arms- 300mg. That seems a lot higher than the 75mg that is bandied around. Is it safe?

2. OH is taking daily cialis. Will the two interact?

3. He has had stomach acid issues in the past (and again when he started cialis) - will this affect him again?

Could someone please post a link to info about the trial

Thanks

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Posted 12 Apr 2017 at 10:40

Hi Trevor...everyone

 

All studies I've seen (re. Aspirin and PC)...do not imply that taking Aspirin would prevent PC...but simply Reduce the Risk of Dying From Prostate Cancer...ie; Mets.

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"...the risk developing lethal prostate cancer was 24% lower in men who took aspirin on a regular basis, explained lead investigator Christopher Brian Allard, MD, a urologic oncology fellow at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston."

"Men with prostate cancer who took aspirin regularly had a 39% lower risk of dying from prostate cancer," said Dr Allard."

"However, aspirin use did not measurably reduce the overall incidence of prostate cancer. It also did not prevent high-grade cancers or locally advanced prostate cancers, Dr Allard noted."

 

"..an earlier study showed that anticoagulants reduced the risk of dying from the disease from 10% to 4% at 10 years, and that the benefit was greatest with aspirin use."

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So it could be that the anticoagulants effects of Aspirin may prevent rogue cancer cells from "settling" down anywhere before the white blood cells kills them?

 

Regards

 

 

 

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Posted 12 Apr 2017 at 14:20

There could also be an argument that the men who joined the trial survived longer because they tended to be more aware of health & lifestyle factors, were more closely monitored, etc etc. But I guess that is why they are now running a UK trial - to find out.

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

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Posted 13 Apr 2017 at 21:21
Is there a link I can follow to find details of the uk trial please?
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Posted 13 Apr 2017 at 22:43
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Posted 17 Apr 2017 at 09:17
Perfect thank you Lyn
 
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