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« NativeMainer wrote on Sunday, Apr 18 at 07:32 AM »
Ms Burdette has done a grave disservice to the young women she is supposed to be trying to help by giving totally incorrect information.

Regarding cervical cancer "Burdette said this disease is 100 percent preventable if the right measures are taken." NO disease is 100% preventable. According to the Mayo Clinic "What causes squamous cells or glandular cells to become abnormal and develop into cancer isn't clear. . . However, HPV is a very common virus and most women with HPV never develop cervical cancer. This means other risk factors, such as your genetic makeup, your environment or your lifestyle choices, also determine whether you'll develop cervical cancer." (MayoClinic.com) Note the last sentence, please.

'“It’s just a shot,” Burdette said. “There are very rare side effects at the sight of injection.”' The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has required the addition of this warning to the official prescribing information: "Because vaccinees may develop syncope, sometimes resulting in falling with injury, observation for 15 minutes after administration is recommended. Syncope, sometimes associated with tonic-clonic

movements and other seizure-like activity, has been reported following vaccination with GARDASIL." "Just a shot," Ms. Burdette?

Ms. Burdette's information about the causes and prevention of breast cancer is also incorrect. Less than 20% of all breast cancers are genetic, or caused by an inherited gene mutation. More than 80% of breast cancers are diagnosed in women with no family history of the disease. I don't know anyone who defines "often" as less than 20% of the time.

Ms. Burdette states that breast cancer is "easily prevented." If this is so, then none or very few of the young women she comes in contact with and educates in breast cancer prevention will be diagnosed with the disease in their lifetimes. Do you have statistics to prove this claim, Ms. Burdette? Considering that the rate of breast cancer diagnosis had not diminished to next to nothing over the last few year disproves this claim. Or are you the one person on the planet who knows how to prevent all breast cancers, Ms. Burdette?

As a breast cancer survivor I am appalled at the statements made in this article. I also noticed that Ms. Burdette's title is given, but no clinical credentials. Obviously she is not qualified to be speaking on this topic.

NativeMainer, RN, MSN, Full Time Taculty