Senate Bill sb1370

    Florida Senate - 2005        (NP)                      SR 1370

    By Senator Saunders





    37-796B-05

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution recognizing September 2005 as

  3         Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in Florida and

  4         commending the Ovarian Cancer Alliance of

  5         Florida--Gulf Coast.

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  7         WHEREAS, approximately 25,000 women are diagnosed with

  8  ovarian cancer in the United States every year, with 80

  9  percent of women diagnosed in the late stages of cancer, and

10         WHEREAS, ovarian cancer is the most deadly of the

11  gynecological cancers, with over 16,000 women in the United

12  States dying from ovarian cancer annually, and

13         WHEREAS, if diagnosed and treated at an early stage,

14  survival rates among ovarian cancer patients increase

15  dramatically, and

16         WHEREAS, the risks and symptoms of ovarian cancer are

17  not well known by the public, and

18         WHEREAS, the Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Florida--Gulf

19  Coast is dedicated to public education related to ovarian

20  cancer through programs that raise awareness of the disease

21  and promote education regarding its risks and symptoms, and

22         WHEREAS, it is appropriate for all the residents of the

23  State of Florida to learn more about ovarian cancer and to

24  recognize the efforts of the Ovarian Cancer Alliance of

25  Florida--Gulf Coast as it promotes Ovarian Cancer Awareness

26  Month in our state, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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30         That the Florida Senate designates September 2005 as

31  Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in Florida and commends the

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    Florida Senate - 2005        (NP)                      SR 1370
    37-796B-05




 1  Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Florida--Gulf Coast for its efforts

 2  to educate people about this deadly disease, thereby promoting

 3  early diagnosis of the disease and helping to save lives.

 4         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution,

 5  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Carolyn

 6  Benivegna, President and Founder of the Ovarian Cancer

 7  Alliance of Florida, as a tangible token of the sentiments of

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