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Breast Cancer
Is cancer risk reduced by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs?
September 15th, 2005
Is cancer risk reduced by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs' "Several studies have suggested that use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may reduce the risk of breast cancer. Reductions in risk may vary according to the hormone receptor status of the tumor or the type of NSAID used," scientists in the United States report. "The authors extended a previous US hospital-based case-control study (the Case-Control Surveillance Study) to include 444 additional cases, for a total of 7,006 incident breast cancer cases (1976-2002). They examined the relation between regular NSAID use and breast cancer risk using logistic regression to adjust...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-09-15)
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