Common class of pain drugs reduces severity of postpartum breast cancers

Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 20:30 in Health & Medicine

During involution -- the process during which milk-producing cells are killed and replaced by fat cells -- the breast is especially susceptible to the development of aggressive cancers. This study shows that NSAIDs like ibuprofen reduce the severity of these cancers.

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