Link between painkillers and breast cancer unclear
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Taking ibuprofen or aspirin long term appears to be tied a heightened risk of developing breast cancer, a new study indicates, but at this point it is unclear if the association is cause-and-effect. A causal link is perhaps doubtful because the pattern was not seen with the general class of painkillers called nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs or NSAIDS, to which aspirin and...
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