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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 4
BY SENATOR RISER AND REPRESENTATIVE PYLANT
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To designate March 2014 as "Breast Cancer Awareness Month" in Louisiana.
WHEREAS, because breast cancer typically produces no symptoms when the tumor
is small and most easily cured, it is very important for women to follow recommended
screening guidelines for detecting breast cancer at an early stage; and
WHEREAS, according to the Centers for Disease Control, over two hundred
thousand Americans are diagnosed with breast cancer annually and nearly fifty thousand die
each year from breast cancer; and
WHEREAS, while the overwhelming percentage of breast cancer sufferers are
women, breast cancer is diagnosed in more than forty thousand men annually; and
WHEREAS, breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death for all women
in the United States and the leading overall cause of cancer death in women between the
ages of twenty and fifty-nine; and
WHEREAS, as more attention is focused upon breast cancer and earlier detection
results, the number of breast cancer survivors has risen to over three million currently in the
United States; and
WHEREAS, African American women diagnosed with breast cancer are more likely
to die as a result of that cancer diagnosis than Caucasian women and are less likely to
survive five years beyond diagnosis; and
WHEREAS, the Centers for Disease Control studies indicate that these poor
outcomes result primarily from being diagnosed at a later stage in the disease and receiving
treatment at a later stage; and
WHEREAS, presumably, increased knowledge of the warning signs and increased
public attention on breast cancer will result in more timely diagnoses and treatment and an
increase in survival rates especially for African American women; and SCR NO. 4 ENROLLED
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WHEREAS, nearly forty thousand American women will die from breast cancer this
year; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana has one of the highest rates of deaths from breast cancer in
the United States.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
designate March 2014 as "Breast Cancer Awareness Month".
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES