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This study that people with non-small cell lung cancer may benefit from aspirin therapy. 81 patients were divided into 2 groups: aspirin and no aspirin. Aspirin use appeared to improve some indicators of disease severity on PET scanning. In addition, 2 year survival was improved. Comment: Aspirin use was associated with improved survival on univariate analysis, but not on multivariate analysis. This suggests that other factors, not aspirin, were responsible for improved survival in the aspirin group. I view this study as interesting but very preliminary. Certainly, if there is a benefit of aspirin, this study suggests that it is very small. BMC Cancer . 2020 Jun 3;20(1):510    (retrieved Jun, 2020). There are currently 1090 pearls in the database. While every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy, mistakes can and do occur. Use databank at your own risk. All pearls © 2024 by the Internet Medical Association. Click Here to view more medical pearls.