A new study has disclosed that taking aspirin on a daily basis in your 40s may lessen the risk of developing cancer in later life.

The new study published in the Lancet Oncology said that having aspirin at any age level before cancer starts developing, and for at least 10 years would take advantage of the drug's potential to prevent the deadly disease.

It’s important to be on the aspirin for about 10 years to get complete protection because the majority of cancers take about a decade to nurture from something microscopic to a size, which causes symptoms.

The study finds that aspirin blocks up the COX enzymes that allow a tumor to develop.

Study author Professor Jack Cuzick of the Cancer Research UK Centre for Epidemiology at Queen Mary, University of London, said that intake of aspirin in early-to-mid 40s keep different cancers types from gaining a foothold in the human body.

“Taking aspirin at this age, which is about the time pre-cancerous lesions usually begin to develop, may be the best time to stop the disease progressing,” Cuzick added.

The different types of cancers the aspirin may help prevent comprise breast, colon, and prostate cancer.

Be sure to consult your physician before beginning a daily aspirin routine.