Re: Rare Side Effect Is Seen in Long-Term Use of a Breast Cancer Drug

 How did things get to be so wrong here?

Things are a lot worse than we think. Tamoxifen has been used for a while now as a "preventative" for breast cancer as well in women with a "history" of breast cancer in their families. This is not quite as bad as prophylacitc mastectomies for these same women, but it is definitely up there. What really irks me is that these women are falsely being told that this cancer is familial, when in fact it is viral. Last I heard NO human oncogenes have ever been found. All oncogenes have been found to be viral. Human papilloma virus (HPV) is the culprit in this case. HPV has been linked to cervical, breast, prostate, naso-pharyngeal and skin cancers. So they are scaring these poor women in to having their healthy breasts cut off, or are giving them cancer causing drugs by convincing them that this will prevent breast cancer. I guess if you don't have breasts anymore because you had them cut off that you cannot get breast cancer. But what about this cancer forming virus that may still be in your system? And is it worth the risk of taking a drug to prevent breast cancer when it causes more deadly cancers like liver cancer?