Senate Bill sb2518

    Florida Senate - 2002        (NP)                      SR 2518

    By Senator Sanderson





    31-1947-02

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution recognizing October 2002 as Breast

  3         Cancer Awareness Month.

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  5         WHEREAS, breast cancer is the most common cancer

  6  diagnosed in women in the nation, and

  7         WHEREAS, Florida ranks third in the nation for total

  8  number of new breast cancer cases and deaths from breast

  9  cancer, and

10         WHEREAS, all women are at risk for breast cancer, and

11  the single most important risk factor is age, such that 64

12  percent of all breast cancers occur in women age 60 and older,

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14         WHEREAS, the Florida Division of the American Cancer

15  Society estimates that a total of 12,500 new cases of invasive

16  breast cancer in Florida will be reported for the year 2001,

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18         WHEREAS, every 3 hours, one woman in Florida dies of

19  breast cancer, and a total of 2,600 Florida women will die of

20  breast cancer within 1 year, and

21         WHEREAS, breast cancer is the second most common cause

22  of cancer death in white women and the number one cause of

23  cancer death among African-American women, and

24         WHEREAS, early detection through routine clinical and

25  mammography screening beginning at age 40 in compliance with

26  the American Cancer Society's recommended breast cancer

27  screening guidelines is the key to improving survival rates

28  for breast cancer, and

29         WHEREAS, breast cancer awareness programs, such as the

30  American Cancer Society's Tell-A-Friend-Tuesday program, will

31  promote early detection through regular screening in

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    Florida Senate - 2002        (NP)                      SR 2518
    31-1947-02




  1  conjunction with the promotion of October as Breast Cancer

  2  Awareness Month, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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  6         That the Florida Senate recognizes the month of October

  7  2002 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Florida and urges all

  8  women to understand the risks associated with breast cancer,

  9  to take preventive steps to minimize those risks, and to

10  undergo early detection procedures such as mammography and

11  compliance with the American Cancer Society's recommended

12  breast cancer screening guidelines.

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