Friday, July 1, 2011

does the gardasil treatment really help prevent cervical cancer

does the gardasil treatment really help prevent cervical cancer?
I'll be getting the treatment. Keep in mind I have a family history of cancer. My mother has been fighting ovarian cancer, her uncle had skin cancer and her father had prostate cancer. Any helpful information would be great too.
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It helps prevent HPV, an STD many women get, from causing cervical cancer. Also, there are several different forms or strains of HPV... the vaccine protects against the most common 5? or so? There are other kinds out there... so even after the vaccine you aren't immune to HPV, just better protected. ETA - prostate cancer IS genetically linked even though someone below says it isn't (I even know a family it runs in and doctors that say it does). Although you don't have to worry about it since you're female :P
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Yes it does! There is a slight chance it might not work, but don't worry with almost any shot that could happen and I think its very unlikely. I received this treatment recently. This treatment, in my opinion, is very important considering cervical cancer is hard to detect from what I hear. Hope this helps!
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70% of cervical cancer is caused by HPV. Gardasil prevents most of these forms of HPV, so greatly reduces the risk of cervical cancer. BTW, ovarian cancer, skin cancer and prostate cancer are not genetically linked, so you may be at a slightly higher risk of ovarian or breast cancer, but only if your mother has the genetically linked form of ovarian cancer.
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Over 99% percent of cervical cancer is caused by HPV. Gardasil protects against 2 strains of HPV (16 & 18) that cause 70% of cervical cancer (and the 2 strains that cause 90% of genital warts). With respect to those strains 16 & 18, Gardasil has shown to be 100% effective. So yes, it definitely prevents cervical cancer. Some people don't think Gardasil is that effective because it only reduces cervical lesions by about 45%. But the cervical lesions caused by other types of HPV are much less likely to progress to cancer than types 16 & 18. And acutally, Gardasil has been shown to give some protection against other strains. It's not close to 100%, but you have your chance of lesions from other types of strains reduced by maybe 20-40%. So yes, Gardasil definitely is helpful in preventing cervical cancer. Get it!
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Yes in it's own way it does. It only prevents 4 types of over 100 HPV's. Only 2 of the 4 it protects cause cervical cancer. If cervical cancer is caught early, you're not likely to die. It's not a brain tumor or anything that it's preventing.Sure it'd be great to protect yourself from this minuscule little risk, but then look at all the other risks. But don't get it! You are risking ruining your life! This vaccine is HORRIBLE! In the case of Gardasil, the world’s first genetically altered vaccine, the evidence stacking up against this vaccine is striking. As of August 2007, a review of the National Vaccine Information Center revealed the following, quite alarming, statistic about this unnecessary vaccine: 2,207 adverse reactions to Gardasil have been reported. Among them: 5 girls died 31 were considered life-threatening 1,385 required a visit to the emergency room 451 of the girls have not recovered as of July 2007 51 of the girls were disabled This vaccine is also the most expensive vaccine on the market, so you can follow the money trail to find out why Merck is now trying to push this cervical cancer vaccine on boys! Getting the Facts About HPV Health care officials and the media are portraying Gardasil as the long-awaited cure for cervical cancer, and they’re telling people that the side effects are minimal. However, the side effects of this brand-new vaccine are just beginning to surface, and as time goes by, their severity seems to be increasing. Further, while cervical cancer is a serious issue, it is not the epidemic that the media is portraying it to be. Of the more than 6 million cases of HPV that occur each year, about 90 percent of them clear up on their own within two years. If you eat right, exercise, and keep stress in your life under control, your immune system should be healthy enough to clear up HPV. Secondly, the vaccine is not fool-proof. You can still get "non-vaccine" types of HPV even if you get vaccinated. Finally, remember that HPV is a sexually transmitted disease, which means that it is nearly 100 percent avoidable by modifying your lifestyle habits. If you have friends of family members who are considering the Gardasil vaccine for their daughter (or son), please forward this to them so they can make an informed decision.
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Cancer in your family is not hereditary or they would all have the same kind of cancer and I think, would really need to be closer blood relations. The vaccine is for HPV. If you were to get cervical cancer that wasn't attributed to the virus, then no, it will not prevent it. Excuse me, Madelaine, but where does a brain tumor come into play in this answer??



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