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Aspirin therapy can improve liver function and survival in patients who have received chemoembolization or transarterial embolization for hepatocellular carcinoma

Aspirin May Improve Liver Function After Embolization of HCC

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Study suggests aspirin is hepatoprotective, improves survival by reducing liver inflammation
Nearly 30 million U.S. adults aged 40 years or older use aspirin to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD)

Almost One in Four Adults ≥40 Takes Aspirin for CVD Prevention

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Nearly half of U.S. adults aged 70 years or older without cardiovascular disease take aspirin
Positive cultural beliefs around taking aspirin for prevention of cardiovascular disease are associated with greater adoption of the intervention among African-Americans

Providers, Peers Influence Aspirin Use Among African-Americans

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Positive social environment around a prevention approach may increase uptake, authors say
For individuals without symptomatic cardiovascular disease

Intracranial Hemorrhage Risk Up With Low-Dose Aspirin

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Caution advised for low-dose aspirin in individuals without symptomatic cardiovascular disease
Administration of a single dose of oral aspirin prior to fecal immunochemical testing does not increase test sensitivity for detecting advanced colorectal neoplasms

Oral Aspirin Does Not Up FIT Test Sensitivity for ID’ing CRC

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Sensitivity not significantly increased in aspirin versus placebo group at two cutoffs
Low-dose aspirin use does not appear to reduce the overall risk for prostate cancer death

Low-Dose Aspirin Does Not Cut Death From Prostate Cancer

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But during extended exposure periods of at least five years, low-dose aspirin may cut mortality
Prognostic bleeding risk models that can estimate the absolute bleeding harms of aspirin have been developed for individuals in whom aspirin is being considered for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease

Prognostic Bleeding Risk Models Developed for Aspirin Use

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Models developed for individuals in whom aspirin is being considered for primary prevention of CVD
Aspirin is underused to reduce the risk for colorectal cancer among patients with advanced colorectal polyps

Aspirin Underused for Advanced Colorectal Polyps

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Only 42.6 percent of 84 patients with biopsy-proven advanced colorectal polyps were taking aspirin
For individuals without cardiovascular disease

Meta-Analysis: Aspirin Linked to Lower Risk for CV Events in Primary Prevention

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Based on data from 13 trials with 164,225 participants, increased risk for major bleeding also noted
Among patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty

Aspirin, Anticoagulants Similarly Prevent VTE After TKA

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In patients having total knee arthroplasty, aspirin non-inferior for venous thromboembolism, death