PRINTER'S NO. 3669
No. 644 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY MUSTIO, PYLE, BAKER, BALDWIN, BENNINGHOFF, BISHOP,
BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CAUSER, CORNELL, CORRIGAN,
CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, DERMODY, DONATUCCI, FLEAGLE,
FORCIER, FREEMAN, GEIST, GODSHALL, GOOD, GRUCELA, HARHART,
HERSHEY, KENNEY, KILLION, LEDERER, LEH, MAJOR, MARKOSEK,
McGILL, McILHATTAN, NAILOR, PALLONE, PISTELLA, READSHAW,
ROHRER, RUBLEY, SANTONI, SATHER, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK,
STERN, R. STEVENSON, T. STEVENSON, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS,
TURZAI, WANSACZ, WATSON AND WOJNAROSKI, MARCH 13, 2006
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 13, 2006
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the month of March 2006 as "Kidney Cancer Awareness
2 Month" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Each year more than 36,000 people in the United
4 States are diagnosed with kidney cancer; and
5 WHEREAS, More than 100,000 kidney cancer survivors are
6 currently living in the United States; and
7 WHEREAS, The exact cause of kidney cancer is unknown; and
8 WHEREAS, Kidney cancer occurs nearly twice as often in men as
9 in women and occurs mostly in men over 40 years of age; and
10 WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society estimated that last year
11 there would be about 36,160 new cases of kidney cancer (22,490
12 in men and 13,670 in women) in the United States; and
13 WHEREAS, Other than surgery, the most commonly used
14 treatments for kidney cancer are immunotherapy, radiation and
1 chemotherapy; and
2 WHEREAS, Breakthroughs in research over the last year have
3 given renewed hope to patients who previously had few treatment
4 options; therefore be it
5 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
6 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania designate the month of March 2006
7 as "Kidney Cancer Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania; and be it
8 further
9 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
10 the National Kidney Cancer Association, 1234 Sherman Avenue,
11 Suite 203, Evanston IL 60202.
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