Daily dose of aspirin ‘aids breast cancer fight’

A daily dose of aspirin improves survival rates among women with breast cancer significantly, research has shown.

Scientists looked at women already taking a low dose of aspirin at the time they were diagnosed with the disease which affects 2,000 women in Ireland every year.

“Our research shows there is a significant improvement in survival rates among women who are taking low dose aspirin at the point of breast cancer diagnosis,” said Dr Thomas Ian Barron at the department of pharmacology and therapeutics at Trinity College Dublin.