As ridiculous as it sounds to those of us who have first-hand experience with breast cancer, it is an attractively-worded message -- especially to women who are terrified of this disease, and who desperately WANT to believe that there is a simplistic cause and cure to the epidemic proportions of breast cancer. Somewhere, someone will change deodorant instead of having a suspicious lump checked, instead of having an annual mammogram, instead of practicing monthly breast self-exam. And somewhere, someone may DIE as a result of this misinformation.
A staffer employed at the Long Beach Memorial Breast Center told me that they have had mammography patients come in with a breast lump, stating as if it were fact: "I know this lump is a result of my using antiperspirant...."
(I'll wager 100 pink ribbon pins that the originator of this dangerous e-mail LIE is some manufacturer of DEODORANT products, because they are the only ones who could possibly benefit from the spreading of this misinformation!)
We need to do everything we can to snuff out this dangerous hoax before it results in more women dying. If you receive the hoax message, please REPLY ALL and set them straight -- and ask those who sent it to you to do the same.
Sincerely, Cathy Masamitsu co-author, BREAST CANCER? LET ME CHECK MY SCHEDULE!
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