Senate Bill sb2806

    Florida Senate - 2006        (NP)                      SR 2806

    By Senator Jones





    13-1995-06

  1                        Senate Resolution

  2         A resolution recognizing April 2006 as "Cancer

  3         Control Awareness Month" in Florida.

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  5         WHEREAS, cancer will strike approximately one out of

  6  two men and about one out of every three women in the course

  7  of their lifetimes, and

  8         WHEREAS, cancer accounts for one out of every four

  9  deaths, and is the leading cause of death, and

10         WHEREAS, the American Cancer Society estimates that in

11  2006 more than 98,960 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in

12  Florida and more than 39,930 Floridians will die from cancer,

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14         WHEREAS, many cancers can be prevented by lifestyle

15  changes or cured if detected early and treated promptly, and

16         WHEREAS, as many as one-third of the cancer deaths

17  expected this year will be related to nutrition, physical

18  inactivity, obesity, and other lifestyle factors, and thus

19  might have been prevented, and

20         WHEREAS, 29 percent of all cancer deaths and 87 percent

21  of all lung cancer deaths are caused by smoking cigarettes or

22  other tobacco products, and

23         WHEREAS, the 5-year survival rate for all cancers

24  combined is 65 percent, but survival rates may increase

25  significantly for certain cancers such as breast, cervical,

26  and colorectal cancers when they are detected and treated

27  early, and

28         WHEREAS, rates of cancer incidence and death in Florida

29  may be significantly reduced with increased awareness of the

30  American Cancer Society's cancer-screening guidelines and

31  compliance with those screening guidelines, and

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    Florida Senate - 2006        (NP)                      SR 2806
    13-1995-06




 1         WHEREAS, promotion of "Cancer Control Awareness Month"

 2  and statewide cancer control initiatives, such as the Florida

 3  Dialogue on Cancer sponsored by the American Cancer Society,

 4  may assist Florida in significantly reducing the burden of

 5  cancer which Floridians and the state face, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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 9         That the Florida Senate recognizes the month of April

10  2006 as "Cancer Control Awareness Month" in Florida and urges

11  all Floridians to understand the risks associated with cancer,

12  change behaviors that increase their cancer risks, and follow

13  the American Cancer Society's cancer-screening guidelines.

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