My take on the statement is the virus is the carcinogenic agent not the vaccine. use of the vaccine has lowered incidences of Lymphomas in the past 15 years. However you have to read closely to get the meaning.
sally _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 12:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ear infection/ear surgery Phaewryn, That's really interesting (and scary) [re: last paragraph]. I'm thinking that it isn't the vaccine that lends itself to carcinoma...it's the virus. There's more here than meets the eye...or brain, I should say, at first glance. I guess i've known that lymphoma was an unwelcome complication -- but i never really put two and two together in my head on a molecular/viral level. FeVL is a virus...more and more cancers are found to be linked to viruses. I can feel the rest of that thought in the front of my head putting pressure but there is something here I can't put my finger on that wants to click. There is a definite link between virus and cancer. elizabeth *Save the earth. It's the only planet with chocolate.* This one is not likely, but I ran across it, and it does have one disturbing paragraph in it: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=340369 " Lymphoma is the most common feline neoplasia. In the last 15 y, the overall incidence of feline lymphoma has decreased, and the relative frequency of different anatomical forms has changed. These shifts in the incidence and locations of feline lymphoma may be due, in part, to the use of commercial vaccines to prevent infection with feline leukemia virus, a biologic carcinogen responsible for the development of feline lymphoma. " Am I mis-reading that, or are they saying that the FELV vaccine is a biologic carcinogen that causes Lymphoma? This is from the main NIH website that describes itself as: The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the <http://www.dhhs.gov/> U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research. Phaewryn Please save Whitey! <http://ucat.us/Whitey.html> http://ucat.us/Whitey.html VT low cost Spay&Neuter, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners: <http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.html> http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.html Special Needs Cat Resources: <http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html> http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html _____ size=2 width="100%" align=center> <http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1615326657x4311227241x4298082137/aol?redir=ht tp%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eaol%2Ecom%2Fnewaol> Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.
