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Many men in America are now prostate cancer survivors. But there remains a risk that the cancer can reappear and spread, causing pain and death.

Aspirin can help prevent recurrences of prostate cancer. In patients with an intermediate to high risk of cancer recurrence, aspirin prevented 50% to 80% of prostate cancer reappearance http://nyti.ms/16qtxFg. Aspirin is more frequently being recognized as a preventive of many forms of cancer.

Here are my tips for you:

• Ask your doctor what treatment will be given after completion of surgery or radiation treatments.
• If your care has been completed, ask your doctor about adding aspirin to your regimen.
• If your doctor does not know about aspirin benefits, suggest they review the article by Dr. K Choe and coauthors in J Clinical Oncology, August 2012).
• Consider a second opinion of your doctor is still reluctant.
  

  Aspirin may help you reduce cancer risk

For advice on getting a second opinion, see Chapter 15 in my book Surviving American Medicine available at Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com and iUniverse.com.