We could, you see, have a preventive breast cancer vaccine
sooner, not later. I remember in my conversations with Dr Devra Davis, we
talked about the ridiculously long delay for the declaration that smoking
causes cancer; yup, the money was in the tobacco, and many of the honchos in
the ACS were smokers. So, it would seem
to me that now the money is in big Pharma, and the FDA just doesn’t have the
baba....guts (keeping it clean) to stand up to them or to turn down the
money. I read that in August 2011, the
FDA gave Dr Keith
Knutson the approval to proceed to the trial phase for two new cancer
vaccines that fight cancer; the goal—to prevent recurrence. While this is huge, what struck me is that
maybe the FDA and Big Pharma thought this was okay because the caveat is that
you won’t qualify for the vaccine unless you’ve already agreed to take their
toxic and very expensive chemo. So what
if women don’t want to be diagnosed with breast cancer; have they considered
this? Have they considered that many don’t
want to be told they have to accept
chemo? Apparently not. However, it moves;
we will see this vaccine—if we live long enough. Thank you, Dr Kathleen Ruddy for an
informative and humorous post. I have no
doubt that this vaccine will become a reality; my hope is that it is sooner
than later. http://breastcancerbydrruddy.com/?p=4183#more-4183
Elyn Jacobs is
a breast cancer survivor, professional cancer coach, radio talk show host,
speaker, and the Executive Director for the Emerald Heart Cancer Foundation.
Elyn empowers women to choose the path for treatment that best fits their own
individual needs. She is passionate about helping others move forward into a
life of health and wellbeing. Elyn lives in New York with her husband and two
young boys. Find Elyn at www.elynjacobs.wordpress.com. To tune into the Survive
and Live Well show, visit www.W4CS.com, Tuesdays at 1pm, EST.
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cancer survivors confronted life-threatening diseases and turned their
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survivors whose cancer inspired them to help others with cancer.
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