Hike in Camp Lejeune male breast cancer cases expected

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cp418
cp418 Member Posts: 7,079
edited June 2014 in Male Breast Cancer

http://www.tampabay.com/news/military/veterans/article1203436.ece

Hike in Camp Lejeune male breast cancer cases expected

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  • jennyboog
    jennyboog Member Posts: 1,322
    edited November 2011

    This is terrible, I live in NC and not too far from Lejeune.  God bless them, I hope they get everything they deserve.  I'm sure there are more cases out there from other contaminates also.  Thanks for posting.

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  • coraleliz
    coraleliz Member Posts: 1,523
    edited November 2011

    If this turns out to be a "cluster" of signifigance as the article makes it sound, think of the research possibilities. Maybe we will get some answers? Possible cause? Triggers? What goes wrong in the cells? Always sad to hear of others facing disease.

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  • lbrewer
    lbrewer Member Posts: 766
    edited November 2011

    Its a CLUSTER for sure!  The Marine Corp dumped toxic checmicals into the camps drinking water source for 30 years.  It is now classified as a Super Fund clean up site.  There is a Federal registry of people affected by cancer who where there during 1950-1980.

    There is a web site  tftptf.com  which is trying to spread the word.

    The Few, The Proud, The Forgotten

    My husband graduated from the US Naval Academy in the late 70's and all our USMC friends went to Camp LeJeune.

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  • cp418
    cp418 Member Posts: 7,079
    edited November 2011

    http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/03/28/1088741/senate-to-hear-about-nc-cancer.html

    Senate to hear about N.C. cancer clusters at Camp Lejeune, Chatham County

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  • Galsal
    Galsal Member Posts: 1,886
    edited January 2012

    I go to the Tampa VA Hospital.  When I went to the Breast Clinic on they day of diagnosis, they said they'd had 5 of 8 appointments for the day that were Men.  They went on to explain that because it's a big retirement area, there is more than average the number of people that had been at LeJeune.

    My Son has decided that he's not going to have any of the genetic testing to see what kind of risk he has himself, based on his Mother now having BC and her Mother had it as well.

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