Abstract

Aspirin and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have long been thought to provide more than analgesia. For example, compelling data support reduction of colon cancer risk. Although beneficial effects on breast cancer risk have been modest at best, an underlying hypothesis is that aspirin and NSAIDs inhibit cyclooxygenase-2–mediated prostaglandin E2 synthesis, which in turn may lower estrogen levels by inhibiting aromatase activity. If this mechanism is valid, one might …

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