Senate Bill sb2180

    Florida Senate - 2001        (NP)                      SR 2180

    By Senator Miller





    21-1439-01

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution recognizing June 2001 as Prostate

  3         Cancer Awareness Month.

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  5         WHEREAS, prostate cancer is the most common type of

  6  cancer among men in the United States and in Florida, and the

  7  second leading cause of cancer death among men, and

  8         WHEREAS, more than 180,000 men in the United States are

  9  diagnosed with prostate cancer each year, and approximately

10  14,000 of them are residents of Florida, and

11         WHEREAS, over 41,000 men in the United States die each

12  year from prostate cancer, and approximately 2,400 of them are

13  residents of Florida, and

14         WHEREAS, men who are members of a racial minority have

15  a 50 percent higher risk of being diagnosed with prostate

16  cancer and are more than twice as likely to die from the

17  disease, and

18         WHEREAS, Florida has the second-highest number of

19  prostate cancer cases and deaths in the United States, and

20         WHEREAS, June is a month in which we commemorate men by

21  the observance of Father's Day and of National Men's Health

22  Week, NOW, THEREFORE,

23

24  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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26         That the Florida Senate recognizes June 2001 as

27  Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in Florida and urges all men,

28  and particularly members of high-risk populations, to become

29  aware of the risks and symptoms associated with prostate

30  cancer and to be informed about screening tests, methods for

31  early detection, and treatment.

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