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Cat Vaccines can Lead to Cancer
Did you know that VACCINATIONS, which we get to protect our cats, could
actually lead to CANCER? I had never heard of this until June 2002. My 8-year-old cat, Jack, was diagnosed with Vaccination-Associated Sarcoma (VAS) on June 25, 2002. He had rapidly growing tumors on his shoulder. This cancer developed from a leukemia vaccination that he received a year before. Our vet oncologist gave him 3 to 6 months to live. Rather than proceed with typical radiation, surgery, and chemotherapy (which might prolong his life by a maximum of 2 years only), I decided to let him live the rest of his life without that kind of discomfort. Instead, I treated him with holistic treatments, including IP-6 and Cansema. By the end of October 2002, Jack's first tumor disappeared completely. Unfortunately, by the end of 2002, another tumor arose. It grew and grew and grew to become the size of a small melon. On September 5, 2003, in some pain and lots of discomfort, Jack was put to sleep. In order to get the word out about this terrible disease, I created a website that basically is just a web directory with links to information about vaccination-associated sarcoma (VAS). I hope you will visit it to learn more about VAS. I don't want anyone else to have to go through what I went through. The website is: http://catvaccines.misterlinks.com/ Thanks for listening, Larry |
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I have a siamese mix who developed a giant cell tumor 8 weeks after at the
site of her 3 year rabies booster. Luckily I caught it in time and had a wonderful vet who rushed the lab for the biopsy results. She ended up loosing her back leg and has been doing great these last 4 years. She no longer gets any vaccinations of any kind. This did not however scare me away from getting my other two vaccinated. My vet explained it's roughly 2 cats out of a 1000 that develop tumors from vaccinations and even rarer that they get the type of tumor that Mushkins had. Usually giant cell tumors occur in dogs. Celeste wrote in message ups.com... Did you know that VACCINATIONS, which we get to protect our cats, could actually lead to CANCER? I had never heard of this until June 2002. My 8-year-old cat, Jack, was diagnosed with Vaccination-Associated Sarcoma (VAS) on June 25, 2002. He had rapidly growing tumors on his shoulder. This cancer developed from a leukemia vaccination that he received a year before. Our vet oncologist gave him 3 to 6 months to live. Rather than proceed with typical radiation, surgery, and chemotherapy (which might prolong his life by a maximum of 2 years only), I decided to let him live the rest of his life without that kind of discomfort. Instead, I treated him with holistic treatments, including IP-6 and Cansema. By the end of October 2002, Jack's first tumor disappeared completely. Unfortunately, by the end of 2002, another tumor arose. It grew and grew and grew to become the size of a small melon. On September 5, 2003, in some pain and lots of discomfort, Jack was put to sleep. In order to get the word out about this terrible disease, I created a website that basically is just a web directory with links to information about vaccination-associated sarcoma (VAS). I hope you will visit it to learn more about VAS. I don't want anyone else to have to go through what I went through. The website is: http://catvaccines.misterlinks.com/ Thanks for listening, Larry |
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Yep, we don't get Felv vaccines for our cats. They are indoors and low risk.
I have read that there are 2 types of Felv vaccines -- live virus or killed virus. It's the killed virus that can cause cancer. There are agents in the vaccine to activate the immune system, because the virus vaccine is less potent. Those agents are the culprits. The live virus vaccine has less (or no?) risk of cancer, but slightly more risk of contracting Felv. Rhonda wrote: Did you know that VACCINATIONS, which we get to protect our cats, could actually lead to CANCER? I had never heard of this until June 2002. My 8-year-old cat, Jack, was diagnosed with Vaccination-Associated Sarcoma (VAS) on June 25, 2002. He had rapidly growing tumors on his shoulder. This cancer developed from a leukemia vaccination that he received a year before. Our vet oncologist gave him 3 to 6 months to live. Rather than proceed with typical radiation, surgery, and chemotherapy (which might prolong his life by a maximum of 2 years only), I decided to let him live the rest of his life without that kind of discomfort. Instead, I treated him with holistic treatments, including IP-6 and Cansema. By the end of October 2002, Jack's first tumor disappeared completely. Unfortunately, by the end of 2002, another tumor arose. It grew and grew and grew to become the size of a small melon. On September 5, 2003, in some pain and lots of discomfort, Jack was put to sleep. In order to get the word out about this terrible disease, I created a website that basically is just a web directory with links to information about vaccination-associated sarcoma (VAS). I hope you will visit it to learn more about VAS. I don't want anyone else to have to go through what I went through. The website is: http://catvaccines.misterlinks.com/ Thanks for listening, Larry |
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"Rhonda" wrote in message ... Yep, we don't get Felv vaccines for our cats. They are indoors and low risk. I have read that there are 2 types of Felv vaccines -- live virus or killed virus. FeLV vaccines are only available in recombinant, subunit, and inactivated (killed) virus vaccines. There are no live FeLV or Rabies vaccines. |
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In order to get the word out about this terrible disease, I created a website that basically is just a web directory with links to information about vaccination-associated sarcoma (VAS). I hope you will visit it to learn more about VAS. I don't want anyone else to have to go through what I went through. The website is: http://catvaccines.misterlinks.com/ Thanks for listening, Larry Hi Larry, I'm so sorry for your loss. I know now they've changed the protocol for where the shot is administered (left leg for FelV and right for rabies). That way if the animal gets cancer, they can amputate the leg and hopefully get all the cancer I am going to visit your site. Another site dedicated to VAS is www.catshots.com Lauren |
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Oops, I said "live" -- but meant "modified live". Anyway, the killed
virus is the one considered more likely to cause cancer at the site of injection. Rhonda Phil P. wrote: "Rhonda" wrote in message ... Yep, we don't get Felv vaccines for our cats. They are indoors and low risk. I have read that there are 2 types of Felv vaccines -- live virus or killed virus. FeLV vaccines are only available in recombinant, subunit, and inactivated (killed) virus vaccines. There are no live FeLV or Rabies vaccines. |
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"Rhonda" wrote in message ... Oops, I said "live" -- but meant "modified live". Anyway, the killed virus is the one considered more likely to cause cancer at the site of injection. No modified-live FeLV or Rabies vaccines, either; only recombinant, subunit, and inactivated (killed) virus rabies and FeLV vaccines are available. Modified-live rabies vaccines were discontinued (actually outlawed) in the 80s due to public health risks. Modified-live FeLV vaccines weren't developed because retroviruses can integrate into the cat's genome and cause disease months to years later. But you are right about killed-virus vaccines being linked to cancer, i.e., vaccine-associated sarcomas. Killed virus vaccines have a low potency and thus require a larger dose of antigen and also adjuvants to enhance the antigenic response. Aluminum hydroxide and aluminum phosphate are two adjuvants used in killed-virus vaccines that have been implicated in VAS formation. Merial Purevax vaccines don't contain adjuvants or whole live virus and thus are the safest vaccines available. Phil P. wrote: "Rhonda" wrote in message ... Yep, we don't get Felv vaccines for our cats. They are indoors and low risk. I have read that there are 2 types of Felv vaccines -- live virus or killed virus. FeLV vaccines are only available in recombinant, subunit, and inactivated (killed) virus vaccines. There are no live FeLV or Rabies vaccines. |
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