PRINTER'S NO. 634
No. 59 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY PIPPY, KASUNIC, BOSCOLA, FONTANA, FERLO,
TARTAGLIONE, WASHINGTON, C. WILLIAMS, ORIE, MADIGAN, PUNT,
MUSTO, RAFFERTY, ROBBINS, ERICKSON, O'PAKE, WAUGH, REGOLA,
TOMLINSON, STOUT, GREENLEAF, PILEGGI, WONDERLING, PICCOLA,
RHOADES, EARLL, MELLOW, McILHINNEY, FOLMER, BROWNE, COSTA,
D. WHITE AND LAVALLE, MARCH 20, 2007
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MARCH 20, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the month of March 2007 as "Kidney Cancer Awareness
2 Month" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Each year more than 36,000 people in the United
4 States are diagnosed with kidney cancer, and more than 100,000
5 kidney cancer survivors are currently living in the United
6 States; and
7 WHEREAS, The exact cause of kidney cancer is unknown; and
8 WHEREAS, Kidney cancer occurs nearly twice as often in men as
9 in women and mostly in men over 40 years of age; and
10 WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society estimated last year that
11 there would be about 36,160 new cases of kidney cancer (22,490
12 in men and 13,670 in women) in the United States; and
13 WHEREAS, Other than surgery, the most commonly used
14 treatments for kidney cancer are immunotherapy, radiation and
15 chemotherapy; and
16 WHEREAS, Breakthroughs in research over the last year have
1 given renewed hope to patients who previously had few treatment
2 options; therefore be it
3 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 designate the month of March 2007 as "Kidney Cancer Awareness
5 Month" in Pennsylvania; and be it further
6 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
7 the National Kidney Cancer Association in Evanston, Illinois.
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