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- Title
Aspirin and lung cancer in women.
- Authors
Akhmedkhanov, A; Toniolo, P; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, A; Koenig, K L; Shore, R E
- Abstract
The association between aspirin use and lung cancer risk in women was examined in a case-control study nested in the New York University Women's Health Study, a large cohort in New York. Case subjects were all the 81 incident lung cancer cases who had provided information about aspirin use at enrollment and during the 1994-1996 follow up. Ten controls per case were randomly selected from among study participants who matched a case by age, menopausal status, and dates of enrollment and follow-up. Relative to no aspirin use, the odds ratio for lung cancer (all histological sub-types combined) among subjects who reported aspirin use three or more times per week for at least 6 months was 0.66 (95% confidence interval 0.34-1.28), after adjustment for smoking and education. A stronger inverse association was observed in analyses restricted to non-small cell lung cancer (adjusted odds ratio 0.39, 95% confidence interval 0.16-0.96). These results suggest that regular aspirin use might be inversely associated with risk of lung cancer in women, particularly the non-small cell sub-type.
- Publication
British journal of cancer, 2002, Vol 87, Issue 1, p49
- ISSN
0007-0920
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.bjc.6600370