Bill Text: PA SR112 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Recognizing the month of May 2011 as "Melanoma and Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month" in Pennsylvania.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-05-04 - Introduced and adopted [SR112 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SR112-Introduced.html

  

 

    

PRINTER'S NO.  1179

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE RESOLUTION

 

No.

112

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY BROWNE, BREWSTER, DINNIMAN, KASUNIC, FERLO, EICHELBERGER, RAFFERTY, BAKER, ERICKSON, TARTAGLIONE, PILEGGI, SOLOBAY, ALLOWAY, FONTANA, COSTA, PIPPY, GREENLEAF, BOSCOLA, ROBBINS, FARNESE, WASHINGTON, EARLL, M. WHITE, STACK, HUGHES, BRUBAKER, D. WHITE AND ARGALL, MAY 4, 2011

  

  

INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MAY 4, 2011  

  

  

  

A RESOLUTION

  

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Recognizing the month of May 2011 as "Melanoma and Skin Cancer

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Detection and Prevention Month" in Pennsylvania.

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WHEREAS, Most people do not realize that the skin is the

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largest and most visible organ of the body and performs many

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essential tasks, such as regulating body temperature, protecting

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internal organs, providing sensation and supporting metabolic

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functions; and 

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WHEREAS, The estimated total direct cost associated with the

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treatment of melanoma in 2004 was $291 million; and

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WHEREAS, Current estimates are that one in five Americans

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will develop skin cancer in their lifetime; and

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WHEREAS, More than 2 million new cases of skin cancer will be

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diagnosed in the United States this year; and

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WHEREAS, Melanoma is the most common form of cancer for young

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adults between 25 and 29 years of age and the second most common

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form of cancer for adolescents and young adults between 15 and

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29 years of age; and

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WHEREAS, The Melanoma and Skin Cancer Detection and

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Prevention Month is a public education service designated to

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promote the prevention and early detection of melanoma and other

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skin cancers; therefore be it

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RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize the month of May 2011 as

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"Melanoma and Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month" in

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Pennsylvania.

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