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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 1634

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE RESOLUTION

No. 283 Session of 2007


        INTRODUCED BY SHAPIRO, BAKER, BELFANTI, BISHOP, BOBACK, BOYD,
           BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CLYMER, COHEN, CONKLIN,
           DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, FLECK, FRANKEL, GEIST,
           GEORGE, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRUCELA,
           HARHART, HENNESSEY, HESS, M. KELLER, W. KELLER, KENNEY,
           KOTIK, KULA, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANDERINO, MANN, MANTZ,
           MARKOSEK, MARSICO, McGEEHAN, MENSCH, MILLARD, MOUL, MOYER,
           MUSTIO, NAILOR, M. O'BRIEN, PALLONE, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, PYLE,
           QUIGLEY, RAMALEY, RAPP, READSHAW, REED, REICHLEY, ROHRER,
           ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SCHRODER, SOLOBAY,
           SONNEY, STABACK, STERN, SURRA, SWANGER, TANGRETTI, J. TAYLOR,
           R. TAYLOR, TRUE, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WATSON, YOUNGBLOOD,
           CAUSER, SIPTROTH, MARSHALL, PRESTON, ADOLPH, KILLION, EVERETT
           AND HERSHEY, MAY 22, 2007

        INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
           MAY 22, 2007

                                  A RESOLUTION

     1  Designating the month of September 2007 as "Prostate Cancer
     2     Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.

     3     WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society reports that prostate
     4  cancer is the most common type of cancer, other than skin
     5  cancer, diagnosed among men in the nation and estimates that
     6  prostate cancer will afflict 218,890 men in 2007, 12,230 of
     7  which are in Pennsylvania; and
     8     WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society reports that prostate
     9  cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among men in
    10  the nation, causing an estimated 27,050 deaths in 2007, 1,310 of
    11  which are in Pennsylvania; and


     1     WHEREAS, The National Cancer Institute reports that
     2  Pennsylvania is among the top five states with new cases in
     3  2007; and
     4     WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society estimates that men have
     5  a 1 in 6 chance of being diagnosed with prostate cancer in their
     6  lifetime; and
     7     WHEREAS, The risk of developing prostate cancer rises sharply
     8  after age 50 and doubles every ten years thereafter; and
     9     WHEREAS, Prostate cancer is twice as common among African-
    10  American men; and
    11     WHEREAS, Early detection and screening for prostate cancer
    12  are vital to combating the disease, especially for men more than
    13  50 years of age, African-American men and men with a family
    14  history of prostate cancer; and
    15     WHEREAS, With early detection, the five-year relative
    16  survival rate for men with localized prostate cancer is 100%;
    17  and
    18     WHEREAS, Greater public awareness and education about
    19  prostate cancer is necessary to help protect the health and
    20  welfare of men; therefore be it
    21     RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
    22  month of September 2007 as "Prostate Cancer Awareness Month" in
    23  Pennsylvania and encourage all men to educate themselves about
    24  the risk of prostate cancer.




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