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2016 ; 11
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): e0152402
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Aspirin in the Treatment of Cancer: Reductions in Metastatic Spread and in
Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses of Published Studies
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Elwood PC
; Morgan G
; Pickering JE
; Galante J
; Weightman AL
; Morris D
; Kelson M
; Dolwani S
PLoS One
2016[]; 11
(4
): e0152402
PMID27096951
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BACKGROUND: Low-dose aspirin has been shown to reduce the incidence of cancer,
but its role in the treatment of cancer is uncertain. OBJECTIVES: We conducted a
systematic search of the scientific literature on aspirin taken by patients
following a diagnosis of cancer, together with appropriate meta-analyses.
METHODS: Searches were completed in Medline and Embase in December 2015 using a
pre-defined search strategy. References and abstracts of all the selected papers
were scanned and expert colleagues were contacted for additional studies. Two
reviewers applied pre-determined eligibility criteria (cross-sectional, cohort
and controlled studies, and aspirin taken after a diagnosis of cancer), assessed
study quality and extracted data on cancer cause-specific deaths, overall
mortality and incidence of metastases. Random effects meta-analyses and planned
sub-group analyses were completed separately for observational and experimental
studies. Heterogeneity and publication bias were assessed in sensitivity analyses
and appropriate omissions made. Papers were examined for any reference to
bleeding and authors of the papers were contacted and questioned. RESULTS: Five
reports of randomised trials were identified, together with forty two
observational studies: sixteen on colorectal cancer, ten on breast and ten on
prostate cancer mortality. Pooling of eleven observational reports of the effect
of aspirin on cause-specific mortality from colon cancer, after the omission of
one report identified on the basis of sensitivity analyses, gave a hazard ratio
(HR) of 0.76 (95% CI 0.66, 0.88) with reduced heterogeneity (P = 0.04). The cause
specific mortality in five reports of patients with breast cancer showed
significant heterogeneity (P<0.0005) but the omission of one outlying study
reduced heterogeneity (P = 0.19) and led to an HR = 0.87 (95% CI 0.69, 1.09).
Heterogeneity between nine studies of prostate cancer was significant, but again,
the omission of one study led to acceptable homogeneity (P = 0.26) and an overall
HR = 0.89 (95% CI 0.79-0.99). Six single studies of other cancers suggested
reductions in cause specific mortality by aspirin, and in five the effect is
statistically significant. There were no significant differences between the
pooled HRs for the three main cancers and after the omission of three reports
already identified in sensitivity analyses heterogeneity was removed and revealed
an overall HR of 0.83 (95% CI 0.76-0.90). A mutation of PIK3CA was present in
about 20% of patients, and appeared to explain most of the reduction in colon
cancer mortality by aspirin. Data were not adequate to examine the importance of
this or any other marker in the effect of aspirin in the other cancers. On
bleeding attributable to aspirin two reports stated that there had been no side
effect or bleeding attributable to aspirin. Authors on the other reports were
written to and 21 replied stating that no data on bleeding were available.
CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: The study highlights the need for randomised trials
of aspirin treatment in a variety of cancers. While these are awaited there is an
urgent need for evidence from observational studies of aspirin and the less
common cancers, and for more evidence of the relevance of possible bio-markers of
the aspirin effect on a wide variety of cancers. In the meantime it is urged that
patients in whom a cancer is diagnosed should be given details of this research,
together with its limitations, to enable each to make an informed decision as to
whether or not to take low-dose aspirin. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW PROTOCOL NUMBER:
CRD42015014145.
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