Breast Cancer

Scientists at Medical College discuss research in breast cancer

Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 1st, 2009

"The association between non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) use and breast cancer has remained controversial. Therefore, an overall quantitative estimate of the association needs to be studied," researchers in Harbin, People's Republic of China report.

"A systematic review and meta-analysis was executed to explore the pooled estimate for relative risk (RR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) using random or fixed effects models based on heterogeneity analysis. Overall 26 studies with 528,705 participants were included. The RR of NSAIDs use and the incidence of breast cancer was 0.94 (95% CI: 0.88-1.00) with random effects model. A slight reduction of breast...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-10-01)

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