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The £1 Pill That Could Transform Cancer Care

How low-dose aspirin halves colorectal cancer recurrence for patients with key genetic mutations

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Amer Altaf
Oct 04, 2025
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Why it matters

A single daily tablet costing less than 10p has delivered one of the most remarkable breakthroughs in modern oncology. The ALASCCA trial, published in the New England Journal of Medicine in September 2025, shows that low-dose aspirin can cut the recurrence of colorectal cancer by around 50 per cent in patients carrying specific PI3K-pathwa…

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