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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 4
BY SENATOR RISER
LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS. Designates the month of March 2014 as "Breast Cancer
Awareness Month".
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To designate March 2014 as "Breast Cancer Awareness Month" in Louisiana.2
WHEREAS, because breast cancer typically produces no symptoms when the tumor3
is small and most easily cured, it is very important for women to follow recommended4
screening guidelines for detecting breast cancer at an early stage; and5
WHEREAS, according to the Centers for Disease Control, over two hundred6
thousand Americans are diagnosed with breast cancer annually and nearly fifty thousand die7
each year from breast cancer; and8
WHEREAS, while the overwhelming percentage of breast cancer sufferers are9
women, breast cancer is diagnosed in more than forty thousand men annually; and10
WHEREAS, breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death for all women11
in the United States and the leading overall cause of cancer death in women between the12
ages of twenty and fifty-nine; and13
WHEREAS, as more attention is focused upon breast cancer and earlier detection14
results, the number of breast cancer survivors has risen to over three million currently in the15
United States; and16
WHEREAS, African American women diagnosed with breast cancer are more likely17
to die as a result of that cancer diagnosis than Caucasian women and are less likely to18 SCR NO. 4
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survive five years beyond diagnosis; and1
WHEREAS, the Centers for Disease Control studies indicate that these poor2
outcomes result primarily from being diagnosed at a later stage in the disease and receiving3
treatment at a later stage; and4
WHEREAS, presumably, increased knowledge of the warning signs and increased5
public attention on breast cancer will result in more timely diagnoses and treatment and an6
increase in survival rates especially for African American women; and7
WHEREAS, nearly forty thousand American women will die from breast cancer this8
year; and9
WHEREAS, Louisiana has one of the highest rates of deaths from breast cancer in10
the United States.11
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby12
designate March 2014 as "Breast Cancer Awareness Month".13
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Mary Dozier O'Brien.
DIGEST
Riser SCR No. 4
Designates March 2014 as "Breast Cancer Awareness Month" in Louisiana.