>Like the other experts, Brenner doesn't advise women to start taking aspirin to prevent breast cancer. "There are risks with aspirin, and there are people for whom aspirin is not indicated," she said. "But they might want to talk to their doctors about this study and whether aspirin is appropriate for them."
More information
For more information on breast cancer, visit the U.S. National Cancer Institute .
SOURCES: Gretchen Gierach Ph.D., cancer prevention fellow, U.S. National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Md.; Eric J. Jacobs, Ph.D., Strategic Director, Pharmacoepidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta; Barbara Brenner, executive director, Breast Cancer Action, San Francisco; April 30, 2008, Breast Cancer Research
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