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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, WASHINGTON, STACK, YAW, KASUNIC, TARTAGLIONE, ERICKSON, MELLOW, HUGHES, FONTANA, O'PAKE, RAFFERTY, LOGAN, MUSTO, ORIE, KITCHEN, BAKER, BRUBAKER, M. WHITE, ARGALL, PILEGGI, BOSCOLA, DINNIMAN, ROBBINS, CORMAN, WARD, PIPPY, WAUGH, GORDNER, ALLOWAY AND D. WHITE, JUNE 30, 2009 |
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| INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JUNE 30, 2009 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Designating the month of September 2009 as "Prostate Cancer |
2 | Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania. |
3 | WHEREAS, Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer |
4 | diagnosed among men in this Commonwealth, which in 2006 |
5 | afflicted 10,770 men and was the second leading cause of cancer |
6 | death among men in this Commonwealth, with 1,453 deaths; and |
7 | WHEREAS, Department of Health reports show that each year |
8 | from 1996 to 2006, on average, there were 10,074 new prostate |
9 | cancer cases diagnosed among men in this Commonwealth, and 1,647 |
10 | men in this Commonwealth died from the disease; and |
11 | WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society estimates that 192,280 |
12 | men in the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer |
13 | during 2009 and 27,360 men will die of this disease, which is |
14 | the second leading cause of cancer death among men in the United |
15 | States; and |
16 | WHEREAS, The risk of developing prostate cancer increases as |
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1 | a man ages, as evidenced by the fact that about 63% of all |
2 | prostate cancers are diagnosed in men over 65 years of age; and |
3 | WHEREAS, Prostate cancer is twice as common among African- |
4 | American men; and |
5 | WHEREAS, Early detection and screening for prostate cancer |
6 | are vital to combating the disease, especially for all men over |
7 | 50 years of age, African-American men and men with a family |
8 | history of prostate cancer; and |
9 | WHEREAS, With early detection, the five-year relative |
10 | survival rate for men with localized prostate cancer approaches |
11 | 100%; and |
12 | WHEREAS, Greater public awareness and education about |
13 | prostate cancer is necessary to help protect the health and |
14 | welfare of men; therefore be it |
15 | RESOLVED, That the Senate designate September 2009 as |
16 | "Prostate Cancer Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania and encourage |
17 | all men to educate themselves about the risk of prostate cancer. |
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