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FYI: The US Preventive Services Task Force recommends against the routine use of aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to prevent colorectal cancer in individuals at average risk for colorectal cancer. The main negative effects are gastrointestinal bleeding.
Looking at all-cause mortality (rather than colorectal cancer in isolation) might drastically change the analysis, but I'm not aware of such research having been done. Closest I've come across relates to the Cardiovascular Polypill.