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Proclamation 10613 of August 31, 2023 

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, 2023 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

This year alone, more than 280,000 Americans will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. During National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, we honor 

the lives ended too soon and all those we can still save by redoubling 

our efforts to end cancer as we know it. 

When someone is diagnosed with prostate cancer, every second counts. 

But patients are too often left advocating for basic care while drowning 

in a flood of medical information. Even when treatment is available, some 

struggle to afford it or insurance may not cover it. And stark inequities 

exist: Black men are more than twice as likely to die from prostate cancer 

in this country than other men. 

Our Nation must do more to change that. Last year, the First Lady and 

I reignited the Cancer Moonshot, setting an ambitious new goal to cut 

America’s cancer death rate by at least half over the next 25 years, turning 

more cancers from death sentences into treatable diseases and improving 

support for patients and families. I worked with the Congress to establish 

the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, securing $2.5 billion 

in bipartisan funding to develop breakthroughs in preventing, diagnosing, 

and treating cancer and other deadly diseases and pioneering partnerships 

to get those breakthroughs out to clinics and patients. We are making lifesaving cancer care more affordable for millions of Americans, expanding 

coverage through Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, and helping many 

who had received relief during the pandemic to keep saving $800 a year 

on insurance premiums. The Inflation Reduction Act will soon cap total 

out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for seniors on Medicare at $2,000 a 

year—including for expensive cancer medicines—which could save some 

prostate cancer patients up to $6,000 a year. 

We are also working to make sure prevention, detection, and treatment 

procedures are available to patients of all communities and backgrounds. 

The National Institutes of Health is continuing expansive research into environmental and genetic factors to better understand why prostate cancer 

disproportionately affects Black men. In response to our Cancer Moonshot, 

the Department of Veterans Affairs expanded its National Precision Oncology 

Program to better tailor treatments to individual veterans. And we know 

that screening matters: Experts recommend that men with a higher risk 

of cancer—based on race or ethnicity, family history, or other factors— 

discuss it with their doctors. 

Everyone’s journey with cancer is different, but the First Lady and I know 

how hard it can be on the whole family. To all those caring for loved 

ones with prostate cancer and all those facing it themselves, we stand 

with you. My Administration is working around the clock on breakthroughs 

that can bring hope and more choices to the fight against this disease. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States 

of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution 

and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 2023 


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as National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. I encourage citizens, government agencies, private businesses, nonprofit organizations, and other interested groups to join in activities that will increase awareness of what Americans can do to prevent and cure prostate cancer. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day 

of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-three, and of 

the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and 

forty-eighth. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19329 

Filed 9–5–23; 8:45 am] 

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