Link between painkillers and breast cancer unclear

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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 ibuprofen belong. ... also evidence that long-term ibuprofen use increased the risk of breast ...

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