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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2015 - 2016
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | January 28, 2015 02:15 PM |
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| From: | Representative Jake Wheatley, Jr. |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Resolution recognizing April 5-11, 2015, as “National Minority Cancer Awareness Week” in Pennsylvania |
| In the near future, I plan on introducing a resolution recognizing April 5-11, 2015, as “National Minority Cancer Awareness Week” in Pennsylvania. While cancer affects men and women of every age, race, ethnic background, and economic class, the disease has a disproportionately severe impact on minorities and the economically disadvantaged. The American Society of Clinical Oncology states that Africans Americans are less likely than Caucasians to survive five years after being diagnosed with most forms of cancer. Additionally, according to the American Cancer Society, cancer is the leading cause of death for Hispanics in the United States accounting for 21% of all deaths and 15% of deaths in children. Diagnosis of cancer is often delayed in minorities for a variety of reasons including low screening rates and access to care. Experts agree that getting regular cancer screening tests, controlling your weight, exercising regularly, eat healthfully, and quitting smoking are all everyday steps to help lower your risk of developing cancer. Please consider joining me in promoting increased awareness, prevention, and treatment among those segments of the populations that are at greater risk of developing cancer by designating April 5-11, 2015, as “National Minority Cancer Awareness Week” in Pennsylvania. |