Bill Text: PA HR805 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designating the month of August 2010 as "Kidney Cancer Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 50-28)

Status: (Passed) 2010-06-08 - Adopted [HR805 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HR805-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 3745
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 805 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY PYLE, BAKER, BEAR, BELFANTI, BEYER, BOYD, BRIGGS, BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, COHEN, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DALEY, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, ELLIS, D. EVANS, EVERETT, FLECK, FRANKEL, GEORGE, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GRELL, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, KILLION, KOTIK, KULA, LONGIETTI, MAJOR, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, MICCARELLI, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MOUL, MURT, MUSTIO, OBERLANDER, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, QUINN, RAPP, READSHAW, REESE, REICHLEY, SAINATO, SANTONI, SEIP, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, STABACK, STERN, SWANGER, TRUE, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WATERS, YOUNGBLOOD, ROCK AND ROSS, MAY 19, 2010
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, MAY 19, 2010
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of August 2010 as "Kidney Cancer Awareness
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Each year more than 36,000 people in the United
States are diagnosed with kidney cancer; and
WHEREAS, More than 100,000 kidney cancer survivors are
currently living in the United States; and
WHEREAS, The exact cause of kidney cancer is unknown; and
WHEREAS, Kidney cancer occurs nearly twice as often in men as
in women and occurs mostly in men over 40 years of age; and
WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society estimated that last year
there would be about 36,160 new cases of kidney cancer (22,490
in men and 13,670 in women) in the United States; and
WHEREAS, Other than surgery, the most commonly used
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treatments for kidney cancer are immunotherapy, radiation and
chemotherapy; and
WHEREAS, Breakthroughs in research over the last year have
given renewed hope to patients who previously had few treatment
options; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania designate the month of August 2010
as "Kidney Cancer Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
the National Kidney Cancer Association, 1234 Sherman Avenue,
Suite 203, Evanston IL 60202.
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