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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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Status of Cervical Cancer Bill Uncertain

May 4, 2007 – 4:41 am

Gov. Rick Perry wouldn’t say Wednesday whether he’ll veto a bill the Legislature approved last week that blocks state officials from following his anti-cancer vaccine mandate.
But he stood by his decision to issue the executive order, saying it prompted an international debate and raised awareness of cervical cancer.
“I am quite satisfied that people in this […]

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A Radical Attack On Prostate Cancer

March 30, 2007 – 7:57 am

Seattle-based biotech Dendreon is hoping to get U.S. approval for the first cancer drug that would train the body to fight off cancer on its own, with few side effects. But researchers, statisticians and Wall Street analysts are fiercely debating whether there is enough data about this radical new treatment.
Dendreon’s Provenge is a so-called cancer […]

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