aspirin and breast cancer

My onc just emailed me telling me to take an aspirin a day now, based on a study that just came out of Columbia University (she is at Columbia). The study showed that in women with hormone positive breast cancer, an aspirin a day was beneficial in preventing recurrence. I asked her if ibuprofin would do the same trick, and she said yes.

lauren

Lauren,
There is certainly lots of excitement about this study. I did want to comment that according to the study that while aspirin has been shown to be effective ibuprofen is less effective. Tylenol or acetominiphen is not effective. You can actually read the original study in the JAMA: http://jama.ama-assn.org

Have a great day, Mary