3 posts tagged “brca1”
"lifestyle choices"? implication: attention ladies with brca1 mutations, hurry up and get pregnant. now. it will save your life.
http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/news/archive/newsarchive/2008/june/18618131
look, i can understand that there is probably some valid medical/scientific/hormonal reason for noting the correlation between pregnancy and cancer. but this shit has got to stop.
don't refer to the decision to not have children (or breastfeed) as though it were akin to drinking a 6-pack every day or eating twinkies for every meal. it doesn't help anyone to refer to it that way. don't you realize, that for many women who don't have children and have a brca1 mutation, whether or not to become pregnant or not can be a heartwrenching choice? (for those of you who haven't clued in -- it's this upbeat inner-dialogue: "maybe i shouldn't have kids because i could die young of cancer and leave them motherless...")
when you make us brca1 bitches feel as though motherhood is some kind of adjustable risk factor over which we have total control, you're just being an asshole. stop it. yes, at some level we're talking semantics, but clean your language up. explain the correlation between pregnancy and cancer without the bullshit judgmental tone.
"deadly"
"aggressive"
(and they didn't even spell aggressive correctly)
http://www.wptv.com/content/komen/story.aspx?content_id=03acdfde-8226-41a6-b85e-48ea32f7b34c
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0299644.htm
i have a love-hate relationship with myriad laboratories, which "invented" the BRCA1 mutation. i mean, i'm glad at some level to understand that my breast cancer was caused by genetics, and i am glad i made the decision to have my ovaries removed.
but this?
"The purpose of the BRACAnalysis public awareness campaign is to save lives," said Gregory C. Critchfield, M.D., president of Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.
bullshit, dr. critchfield. the purpose of the public awareness campaign is to make you a very, very rich man.
no one has figured out a cure for BRCA yet. so women at risk are left to make heart-wrenching decisions about mastectomies and fertility. while you line your pockets.
