Aspirin Use and Lung, Colon, and Breast Cancer Incidence in a Prospective Study.

Incidence of several cancers was lower among persons who reported aspirin use: the incidence rate ratios (and 95% confidence intervals) for all sites combined were 0.83 (0.74-0.93), lung cancer 0.68 (0.49-0.94), breast cancer in women 0.70 (0.50-0.96), and colorectal cancer in younger men 0.35 (0.17-0.73).