(NewsNation) — A new study suggests a medicine cabinet mainstay could be helpful in reducing the risk of colorectal cancer coming back.

A small dose of aspirin was shown to halve recurrences of colorectal cancer in those who were in remission, only for it to return, according to Swedish researchers.

The study included more than 3,500 patients with colon and rectal cancer from dozens of hospitals in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. Patients whose tumors showed a specific genetic mutation in the PIK3CA signaling pathway. The mutation, according to Medical Xpress, was found in approximately 40% of patients. Those patients were randomly chosen to receive either 160 mg of aspirin daily or a placebo for three years after surgery.

For patients with the genetic mutation in PIK3, the risk of

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