House Bill 9165

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HR 9165

        By Representative Sanderson






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution designating October 1999 as Breast

  3         Cancer Awareness Month.

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  5         WHEREAS, breast cancer is the leading type of cancer

  6  among women in Florida and is the second highest cause of

  7  cancer deaths among the state's female population, and

  8         WHEREAS, of the 175,000 women in the United States that

  9  are projected to be diagnosed with breast cancer during 1999,

10  11,900 are expected to be citizens of Florida, and

11         WHEREAS, of the women in Florida who will learn they

12  have breast cancer, 2,900 are expected to die in 1999, and

13         WHEREAS, the National Association of Breast Cancer

14  Organizations has designated October as Breast Cancer

15  Awareness Month across the nation, NOW, THEREFORE,

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17  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

18  Florida:

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20         That the Florida House of Representatives hereby

21  declares October 1999 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month in

22  Florida and urges all women to recognize the risks associated

23  with breast cancer and take preventive steps to minimize those

24  risks and engage in early detection methods such as

25  mammography.

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