HR 9145

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution recognizing the month of September 2006 as
3	"Prostate Cancer Awareness Month" in Florida.
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5	WHEREAS, prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer
6	diagnosed among men in Florida, and the state ranks second
7	highest in the United States in the number of such cases and
8	resultant deaths, and
9	WHEREAS, the American Cancer Society estimates that during
10	the year 2006 more than 18,090 new cases of prostate cancer will
11	be diagnosed in Florida and more than 2,110 men will die from
12	the disease, and
13	WHEREAS, African-American and black men have the highest
14	incidence of prostate cancer death in the nation, a mortality
15	rate that is twice that of Caucasian men, and
16	WHEREAS, the five-year survival rate for prostate cancer
17	patients is nearly 100 percent if the disease is diagnosed at
18	the local and regional stages, otherwise known as the early
19	stages, and the American Cancer Society recommends annual
20	testing beginning at age 45 for high-risk men, such as African
21	Americans and men with a family history of the disease, with
22	recommended annual screening for men at less risk to start at
23	age 50, and
24	WHEREAS, each year, the American Cancer Society supports
25	African-American Men's Health Summits in at least 16 major
26	metropolitan areas across the state in an attempt to increase
27	prostate cancer awareness, education, and support and to
28	encourage prostate screening among African-American men in
29	Florida, NOW, THEREFORE,
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31	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
32	Florida:
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34	That the House of Representatives recognizes the month of
35	September 2006 as "Prostate Cancer Awareness Month" in Florida
36	and urges all men to avail themselves of a better understanding
37	of the risks associated with prostate cancer, to take preventive
38	measures to minimize those risks, and to talk with their doctors
39	about annual prostate cancer screening as recommended by the
40	American Cancer Society prostate cancer screening guidelines.

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