PRINTER'S NO. 848
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
104
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY FONTANA, TEPLITZ, WOZNIAK, HAYWOOD, DINNIMAN,
KITCHEN, GREENLEAF, BREWSTER, EICHELBERGER, BAKER, MENSCH,
COSTA, LEACH, FARNESE, RAFFERTY, VULAKOVICH, McILHINNEY,
SCHWANK, BLAKE, SMITH, AUMENT, ALLOWAY, BROOKS AND YUDICHAK,
MAY 4, 2015
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MAY 4, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of May 2015 as "Brain Tumor Awareness
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, "Brain Tumor Awareness Month" is an opportunity for
us to come together as a community and spotlight the tributes
and triumphs of all those impacted by a brain tumor diagnosis
and the need for greater understanding of the disease and safer,
more effective treatments; and
WHEREAS, There are more than 120 types of brain tumors; and
WHEREAS, Brain tumors do not discriminate against any gender,
age or ethnic background; and
WHEREAS, Primary brain tumors, those that begin in the brain
and tend to stay in the brain, occur in people of all ages but
are statistically more frequent in children and older adults;
and
WHEREAS, Metastatic brain tumors, those that begin as cancer
elsewhere in the body and spread to the brain, are more common
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