PRINTER'S NO. 1119
No. 164 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY FUMO, C. WILLIAMS, BOSCOLA, KITCHEN, RAFFERTY,
GORDNER, LOGAN, BRIGHTBILL, CONTI, COSTA, TARTAGLIONE,
O'PAKE, ORIE, STOUT, GREENLEAF, PIPPY, MUSTO, ROBBINS,
LAVALLE, WENGER, FONTANA, FERLO, EARLL, ERICKSON, M. WHITE,
ARMSTRONG, THOMPSON, WAUGH, MELLOW, TOMLINSON, WASHINGTON,
WOZNIAK, KASUNIC AND WONDERLING, SEPTEMBER 20, 2005
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, SEPTEMBER 20, 2005
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing the month of September 2005 as "Ovarian Cancer
2 Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Ovarian cancer is the deadliest of all gynecological
4 cancers; and
5 WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society estimates that each year
6 approximately 23,000 women in the United States are diagnosed
7 with ovarian cancer and 14,000 women die from the disease; and
8 WHEREAS, A woman's risk of being diagnosed with ovarian
9 cancer is 1 in 57; and
10 WHEREAS, Diagnosis of ovarian cancer does not usually occur
11 in its earliest and most treatable stages; and
12 WHEREAS, Late-stage diagnosis can cut a woman's survival rate
13 in half; and
14 WHEREAS, Breast cancer survivors, especially those 50 years
15 of age or older, have an increased risk of developing the
16 disease; and
1 WHEREAS, The general population knows very little about
2 ovarian cancer; therefore be it
3 RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize the month of September
4 2005 as "Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
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