PRINTER'S NO. 1631
No. 163 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY BARD, LEH, ALLEN, ARGALL, ARMSTRONG, BEBKO-JONES,
BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BROWNE, BUNT, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE,
CAPPABIANCA, CAPPELLI, CIVERA, CLARK, L. I. COHEN, COLAFELLA,
COLEMAN, CORRIGAN, COSTA, COY, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, CURRY, DALEY,
DeLUCA, DERMODY, DeWEESE, DONATUCCI, J. EVANS, FAIRCHILD,
FEESE, FICHTER, FLEAGLE, FORCIER, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GEIST,
GEORGE, GODSHALL, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARHART, HASAY, HENNESSEY,
HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS, HUTCHINSON, JAMES, JOSEPHS, KAISER,
KELLER, KENNEY, KIRKLAND, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, LEWIS, MAJOR,
MANDERINO, MANN, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, McCALL, McNAUGHTON,
MELIO, R. MILLER, MUNDY, NAILOR, PIPPY, PISTELLA, RAYMOND,
READSHAW, ROBINSON, ROEBUCK, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO,
SANTONI, SATHER, SAYLOR, SCHRODER, SEMMEL, SHANER, B. SMITH,
SOLOBAY, STABACK, STERN, STURLA, SURRA, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS,
TIGUE, WALKO, WASHINGTON, WATERS, WATSON, WILT, WOJNAROSKI
AND YOUNGBLOOD, APRIL 24, 2001
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 24, 2001
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the month of September 2001 as "Prostate Cancer
2 Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Cancer of the prostate is, with the exception of
4 skin cancer, the most common type of cancer among American men
5 and is the second leading cause of cancer death among them; and
6 WHEREAS, In the year 2000, the American Cancer Society
7 estimated that 180,400 men would be diagnosed with prostate
8 cancer in the United States and 31,900 men would die of this
9 disease; and
10 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Department of Health reports that
1 each year there are about 10,000 new prostate cancer cases
2 diagnosed among men in this Commonwealth and nearly 2,000
3 Pennsylvania men die from the disease; and
4 WHEREAS, The risk of developing prostate cancer increases
5 with age, as evidenced by the fact that 75% of men with new
6 diagnoses of prostate cancer are over 65 years of age; and
7 WHEREAS, Prostate cancer is twice as common among African-
8 American men; and
9 WHEREAS, Early detection and screening for prostate cancer
10 are vital to combating the disease, especially for all men over
11 50 years of age, African-American men and men with a family
12 history of prostate cancer; and
13 WHEREAS, With early detection, the five-year relative
14 survival rate for men with localized prostate cancer is 100%;
15 and
16 WHEREAS, Greater public awareness and education about
17 prostate cancer is necessary to help protect the health and
18 welfare of men; therefore be it
19 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate
20 September 2001 as "Prostate Cancer Awareness Month" in
21 Pennsylvania and encourage all men to educate themselves about
22 the risk of prostate cancer.
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