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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 288 

Designating September 2007 as ‘‘National Prostate Cancer Awareness 

Month’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 1, 2007 

Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. INHOFE, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. 

SPECTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. CRAPO, 

Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mrs. DOLE, and Ms. SNOWE) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Designating September 2007 as ‘‘National Prostate Cancer 

Awareness Month’’. 

Whereas countless families in the United States live with 

prostate cancer; 

Whereas 1 in 6 men in the United States will be diagnosed 

with prostate cancer in his lifetime; 

Whereas over the past decade, prostate cancer has been the 

most commonly diagnosed non-skin cancer and the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths among 

men in the United States; 

Whereas, in 2007, according to estimates from the American 

Cancer Society, over 218,890 men in the United States 


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will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and 27,050 men 

in the United States will die of prostate cancer; 

Whereas 30 percent of new diagnoses of prostate cancer 

occur in men under the age of 65; 

Whereas a man in the United States turns 50 years old about 

every 14 seconds, increasing his odds of developing cancer, including prostate cancer; 

Whereas African-American males suffer a prostate cancer incidence rate up to 65 percent higher than White males 

and double the mortality rates; 

Whereas obesity is a significant predictor of the severity of 

prostate cancer and the probability that the disease will 

lead to death; 

Whereas if a man in the United States has 1 family member 

diagnosed with prostate cancer, he has double the risk of 

prostate cancer, if he has 2 family members with such diagnoses, he has 5 times the risk, and if he has 3 family 

members with such diagnoses, he then has a 97 percent 

risk of prostate cancer; 

Whereas screening by both a digital rectal examination 

(DRE) and a prostate specific antigen blood test (PSA) 

can diagnose the disease in earlier and more treatable 

stages and reduce prostate cancer mortality; 

Whereas ongoing research promises further improvements in 

prostate cancer prevention, early detection, and treatments; and 

Whereas educating people in the United States, including 

health care providers, about prostate cancer and early detection strategies is crucial to saving the lives of men and 

preserving and protecting families: Now, therefore, be it 


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1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) designates September 2007 as ‘‘National 

3 Prostate Cancer Awareness Month’’; 

4 (2) declares that the Federal Government has a 

5 responsibility— 

6 (A) to raise awareness about the impor7 tance of screening methods for, and treatment 

8 of, prostate cancer; 

9 (B) to increase research funding that is 

10 commensurate with the burden of the disease so 

11 that the screening and treatment of prostate 

12 cancer may be improved, and so that the causes 

13 of, and a cure for, prostate cancer may be dis14 covered; and 

15 (C) to continue to consider ways for im16 proving access to, and the quality of, health 

17 care services for detecting and treating prostate 

18 cancer; and 

19 (3) requests the President to issue a proclama20 tion calling on the people of the United States, inter21 ested groups, and affected persons— 

22 (A) to promote awareness of prostate can23 cer; 

24 (B) to take an active role in the fight to 

25 end the devastating effects of prostate cancer 


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1 on individuals, their families, and the economy; 

2 and 

3 (C) to observe National Prostate Cancer 

4 Awareness Month with appropriate ceremonies 

5 and activities. 

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