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As questions brew, Perry explains push for HPV vaccine: For the governor, it's also personal.(Texas Governor Rick Perry; human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine)

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| February 16, 2007 | Robison, Clay | COPYRIGHT 2007 Houston Chronicle. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Clay Robison

Feb. 16--AUSTIN -- His crusade against cancer, including a controversial order to vaccinate schoolgirls against a virus linked to cervical cancer, is partly personal, Gov. Rick Perry revealed Thursday.

Several family members have been stricken with one form or another of the disease, Perry said. His father had prostate cancer, his mother, colon cancer, and his sister, bladder cancer. All are in remission.

"Every generation of Perrys, back to the 1850s, has died of prostate cancer. I'm going to get it," Perry said.

His comments came just a few days before the House Public Health Committee holds a public hearing Monday on the governor's executive order that, beginning next year, sixth-grade girls be vaccinated against the human…

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