House Bill hb9031

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HR 9031

        By Representative Betancourt






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution recognizing October 2002 as

  3         "Breast Cancer Awareness Month" in Florida.

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  5         WHEREAS, breast cancer is the most common cancer

  6  diagnosed in the nation's women, and Florida ranks fourth in

  7  the nation in the total number of new breast cancer cases and

  8  deaths from breast cancer, and

  9         WHEREAS, all women are at risk for breast cancer, but

10  the single most important risk factor is age, with 64 percent

11  of all breast cancers occurring in women age 60 and older, and

12         WHEREAS, the Florida Division of the American Cancer

13  Society estimates that a total of 13,100 new cases of invasive

14  breast cancer will be reported in Florida for the year 2002,

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16         WHEREAS, breast cancer is the second most common cause

17  of cancer death among white women and the number-one cause of

18  cancer death among African-American women, and every three

19  hours, one woman in Florida dies of breast cancer, with a

20  total of 2,700 deaths from breast cancer expected among

21  Florida's women in any one year, and

22         WHEREAS, early detection through routine clinical and

23  mammography screening beginning at age 40, as recommended by

24  the American Cancer Society breast cancer screening

25  guidelines, is the key to improving survival rates for breast

26  cancer, and

27         WHEREAS, breast cancer awareness programs, such as the

28  American Cancer Society's Tell-A-Friend-Tuesday program, in

29  conjunction with the promotion of October as "Breast Cancer

30  Awareness Month," will aid in early detection through regular

31  screening, NOW, THEREFORE,

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HR 9031

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

  2  Florida:

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  4         That the Florida House of Representatives recognizes

  5  the month of October 2002 as "Breast Cancer Awareness Month"

  6  in Florida and urges all women to make themselves aware of the

  7  risks associated with breast cancer, to take preventive steps

  8  to minimize those risks, and to undergo early detection

  9  procedures such as mammography and compliance with the

10  American Cancer Society's recommended breast cancer screening

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