Both of Rick Perry's parents are cancer survivors. It is quite believable when he says, "I hate cancer".
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http://governor.state.tx.us/news/press-release/16757/In 2007, the governor led an initiative to help make Texas the home for the next wave of treatments combating cancer, which resulted in the creation of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) [at
M.D. Anderson]. Voters approved bonds to fund the institute for more than 10 years, enabling the state to finance research grant awards and attract top researchers. CPRIT has funded 350 awards
for cancer research, commercialization and prevention since 2010, totaling more than $570 million. Together with matching funds obligated by grant recipients, more than $800 million has been invested in cancer research.
http://cancercenters.cancer.gov/cancer_centers/mdatx.htmlThe University of Texas
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is recognized around the world for its contributions to Making Cancer History® in patient care, research, education and prevention. *Created in 1941 by the Texas Legislature,
M. D. Anderson is one of the original three Comprehensive Cancer Centers designated by the National Cancer Act of 1971, and it remains the only one in Texas. It has
ranked as the nation's #1 cancer hospital for six of the last nine years in the U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Hospitals” survey and one of the top two since the survey began in 1990.
http://www.mdanderson.org/about-us/facts-and-history/who-was-m-d-anderson-/index.htmlFoundation established
*In the mid-1930s, MD Anderson and Will Clayton owned more than half the corporation’s stock [cotton trader].
The death of either, if resulting in a large estate tax, might have made it necessary to liquidate the company. Partly for this reason,
in 1936, MD Anderson created the charitable foundation that bears his name and funded it with about $300,000. This foundation was destined to receive $19,000,000 more after Monroe’s death in 1939.
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Dr. Giulio Draetta
