Bill Text: FL S0812 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-26 - Introduced -SJ 00804; Read 2nd time -SJ 00804; Adopted -SJ 00805 [S0812 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0812-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                             (NP)    SR 812 
 
By Senator Hill 
1-00678-10                                             2010812__ 
1                          Senate Resolution 
2         A resolution recognizing September 2010 as “Prostate 
3         Cancer Awareness Month.” 
4 
5         WHEREAS, prostate cancer is the most common cancer 
6  diagnosed among men in Florida, and the American Cancer Society 
7  estimates that more than 192,000 new cases of prostate cancer 
8  were diagnosed among men in the United States during 2009, and 
9         WHEREAS, the American Cancer Society also anticipates that 
10  there were more than 2,280 deaths in Florida last year 
11  attributed to prostate cancer, and 
12         WHEREAS, Florida has the fourth-highest incidence rate and 
13  the second-highest number of prostate cancer deaths in the 
14  United States, and 
15         WHEREAS, African American and black men have the highest 
16  prostate cancer death rate in the world, and a mortality rate 
17  that is twice that of white men, and 
18         WHEREAS, the American Cancer Society recommends that annual 
19  prostate cancer testing begin at age 50, except for men at high 
20  risk, such as African Americans and men having a family history 
21  of the disease, who are advised to begin annual screening at age 
22  45, and 
23         WHEREAS, the 5-year survival rate for prostate cancer 
24  patients is 100 percent if the disease is diagnosed at the local 
25  and regional stages, otherwise known as the early stages, and 
26         WHEREAS, the American Cancer Society supports African 
27  American Men’s Health Summits in at least 16 major metropolitan 
28  areas across the state in an attempt to increase prostate cancer 
29  awareness and prostate screening among African American men in 
30  Florida, and 
31         WHEREAS, the Man-to-Man Program of the American Cancer 
32  Society attempts to increase prostate cancer awareness, 
33  education, and support during the month of September and 
34  throughout the year, NOW, THEREFORE, 
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36  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida: 
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38         That September 2010 is recognized as “Prostate Cancer 
39  Awareness Month” in Florida and all men are urged to understand 
40  the risks associated with prostate cancer, to take preventive 
41  steps to minimize those risks, and to talk to their doctor about 
42  annual prostate cancer screening and compliance with the 
43  prostate cancer screening guidelines recommended by the American 
44  Cancer Society.