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Perry Won’t Veto Bill Blocking His Anti-Cancer Vaccine Order

May 11, 2007 – 7:09 am

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The state legislature has successfully squashed Governor Rick Perry’s mandate requiring an anti-cancer vaccine for young girls.
“They have had an opportunity to eliminate the leading cause of the second-most common cancer in women,” Perry said. “They chose not to.”

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Tamoxifen Protects Certain Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer

May 4, 2007 – 4:42 am

Tamoxifen helps prevent breast cancer in women at high risk for the disease who have also had their ovaries removed as part of a hysterectomy, researchers report.
The new study, “reaffirms that tamoxifen is still a tremendous drug for prevention of breast cancer in women who are at a high risk for development of the disease,” […]

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