PRINTER'S NO. 153
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
12
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY SCHWANK, BREWSTER, SABATINA, BAKER, GREENLEAF,
MARTIN, FONTANA, WARD, DINNIMAN AND BARTOLOTTA,
JANUARY 23, 2017
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JANUARY 23, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of January 2017 as "Cervical Cancer
Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, There is a nationwide effort to raise public
awareness of cervical cancer during the month of January; and
WHEREAS, More than 4,000 women die each year from cervical
cancer and more than 12,000 women are diagnosed with the
disease; and
WHEREAS, Cervical cancer develops very slowly, with half of
patients diagnosed between 35 and 55 years of age and 1 in 5
diagnosed after 65 years of age; and
WHEREAS, Screening tests and vaccines can essentially
eliminate the disease; and
WHEREAS, Periodic Pap tests are recommended to detect
precancerous and cancerous cervical cells in women 21 years of
age or older; and
WHEREAS, Regular cervical cancer screening can usually be
performed simply during a regular physical examination with a
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Pap test, one of the most reliable and effective cancer
screening tests available; and
WHEREAS, The majority of women diagnosed with cervical cancer
have not had regular Pap tests or have not followed up on
abnormal Pap test results; and
WHEREAS, An estimated 20 million American men and women carry
the human papillomavirus (HPV), the most common sexually
transmitted virus that leads to cervical cancer; and
WHEREAS, A series of three HPV vaccinations is recommended
for all males and females between 9 and 26 years of age, to
provide long-term protection against the most common strains of
HPV that cause cervical cancer; and
WHEREAS, Cervical cancer is strongly associated with poverty
and lack of access to medical care; and
WHEREAS, Other risk factors associated with cervical cancer
are smoking, long-term use of birth control pills and having
three or more children; and
WHEREAS, Today, medical advances have made cervical cancer,
once the second leading cause of death for women, a preventable
disease with a very high cure rate when detected early;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize the month of January 2017
as "Cervical Cancer Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
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