PRINTER'S NO. 1242

        INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, O'PAKE, BRIGHTBILL, ARMSTRONG, BOSCOLA,
           COSTA, ERICKSON, HELFRICK, KUKOVICH, LAVALLE, LOGAN, MELLOW,
           MOWERY, MUSTO, ORIE, RHOADES, THOMPSON, TILGHMAN, TOMLINSON,
           WAGNER, WAUGH, WENGER, DENT, ROBBINS, STACK, LEMMOND,
           SCHWARTZ, M. WHITE AND TARTAGLIONE, JUNE 20, 2001

        INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JUNE 20, 2001

                                  A RESOLUTION

     1  Designating the month of September 2001 as "Prostate Cancer
     2     Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.

     3     WHEREAS, Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer
     4  diagnosed among men in this Commonwealth, afflicting 9,631 men
     5  in 1998, and is the second leading cause of cancer death among
     6  men in this Commonwealth, causing 1,713 deaths in 1998; and
     7     WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society estimates that 198,100
     8  men in the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer
     9  during 2001 and 31,500 men will die of this disease, which is
    10  the second leading cause of cancer death among men in the United
    11  States; and
    12     WHEREAS, The Department of Health reports that each year
    13  there are about 10,000 new prostate cancer cases diagnosed among
    14  men in this Commonwealth and nearly 2,000 men in this
    15  Commonwealth die from the disease; and
    16     WHEREAS, The risk of developing prostate cancer increases as

     1  a man ages, as evidenced by the fact that more than 70% of all
     2  prostate cancers are diagnosed in men over 65 years of age; and
     3     WHEREAS, Prostate cancer is twice as common among African-
     4  American men; and
     5     WHEREAS, Early detection and screening for prostate cancer
     6  are vital to combating the disease, especially for all men over
     7  50 years of age, African-American men and men with a family
     8  history of prostate cancer; and
     9     WHEREAS, With early detection, the five-year relative
    10  survival rate for men with localized prostate cancer is 100%;
    11  and
    12     WHEREAS, Greater public awareness and education about
    13  prostate cancer is necessary to help protect the health and
    14  welfare of men; therefore be it
    15     RESOLVED, That the Senate designate September 2001 as
    16  "Prostate Cancer Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania and encourage
    17  all men to educate themselves about the risk of prostate cancer.









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