PRINTER'S NO. 3094
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
736
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY BOBACK, RYAN, CALTAGIRONE, NEILSON, HELM,
PASHINSKI, JAMES, MATZIE, DONATUCCI, KINSEY, BIZZARRO,
HENNESSEY, R. BROWN, TOOHIL, DiGIROLAMO, MILLARD, BARRAR,
LONGIETTI, PICKETT, READSHAW, FLYNN, YOUNGBLOOD, THOMAS,
SCHLOSSBERG, MARSICO, SAYLOR, WARD, DAVIS, EVERETT, MURT,
HEFFLEY, DRISCOLL, WARREN, WATSON, SCHLEGEL CULVER, DeLUCA,
BENNINGHOFF AND COX, MARCH 9, 2018
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 9, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Designating March 29, 2018, as "C.A.S.U.A.L. Day" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Colon and rectal cancers are two of the most
frequently diagnosed cancers in northeastern Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, Incidence rates in some areas are as much as 17%
higher than the United States average, and mortality rates are
as much as 13% higher than the United States average; and
WHEREAS, Approximately 75% of new cases of colon and rectal
cancer occur in patients of average risk; and
WHEREAS, Approximately 540 new cases are diagnosed and
approximately 200 patients die from colon cancer each year in
the counties of Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna,
Wayne and Wyoming combined; and
WHEREAS, The Northeast Regional Cancer Institute has been
easing the burden of cancer in northeastern Pennsylvania for
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