NSAIDS Reduces Skin Cancer Risk | TopNews New Zealand

As per a research, which has been published in the journal Cancer, it has been revealed that aspirin, and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are said to be quite effective in preventing skin cancers.

It should be noted that the research has only raised a hope that these drugs are able to reduce the risk of cancer, and till now, no assured link has been found, which can prove the same. Lead researcher Sigrun Alba Johannesdottir of Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark was of the view that in order to reach at the above given result, they analyzed effect of NSAIDs among people, who were suffering from the risk of different type of skin cancers.

It was found that people, who were taking aspirin for almost 20 years were having 15% less chance of developing squamous cell skin cancer and 13% less chance of developing melanoma. However, no effect was seen for basal cell skin cancer.

Joshua Zeichner, a dermatologist at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City was of the view that NSAIDs reduces the level of inflammation, which further helps in reducing the reaction of COX-2, an active enzyme involved in causing skin cancers.

"Sunburns cause inflammation that may lead to the development of skin cancer", said Julie Russak, a dermatologist in New York.

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