Cancer Vaccination

[rollercoastermum]

Anyone out there have 12yr old + daughters that they are going to have vaccinated with the new Cancer vaccine?

My daughter is 12 in July and I think I will get her done...

I miss out for myself for getting it free!!

[the_queen]

There's actually no such thing as a vaccine against cancer ;)

[punkbaby]

Is it actually proven to work? i was reading you still have to have smears etc so i hope that people do actually get checked out if they do have it and realise they arent immune, as horrible as they are :)

[the_queen]

There's been no long-term studies done on the effacacy or the possible side-effects of Gardasil. The vaccine was only invented a few years ago. What if one of the side-effects is "infertility"????

[punkbaby]

Wow i thought they researched it more...i think my dd can miss out when the time comes for her, rather her have to go thru what i have been thru than put unnecessary chemicals in her body...even if they did prove to work in the end i dont want her being a guinea pig :)

[the_queen]

And the fact is, even if it is 100% effective, it would only prevent 70% of cervical cancers (which definitely is a great majority) ... but you'd still need to have regular pap smears to detect changes which may indicate you're in the other 30%...

[rollercoastermum]

good points there ladies.. think I will research it more before my DD gets it...

Cervical Cancer is pretty bad and yes you still need to have your pap smears.