Two HPV Articles from Jane Magazine
Apr. 8th, 2007 04:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
morrigirlI was directed to these two articles this evening.
"I Hate Tumors" - March 2006
"I Still Hate Tumors" - March 2007
Pretty scary stuff.
The one thing that irked me about these articles were the few times abnormal and pre-cancerous cells were referred to as cancer. That's completely inaccurate. Cancer is cancer. Abnormal and pre-cancerous cells can develop into cancer, but are not themselves cancer. As the author notes there is already tons of misinformation about HPV floating around. Why make it worse?
"I Hate Tumors" - March 2006
"I Still Hate Tumors" - March 2007
Pretty scary stuff.
The one thing that irked me about these articles were the few times abnormal and pre-cancerous cells were referred to as cancer. That's completely inaccurate. Cancer is cancer. Abnormal and pre-cancerous cells can develop into cancer, but are not themselves cancer. As the author notes there is already tons of misinformation about HPV floating around. Why make it worse?
