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Proclamation 9647 of September 29, 2017 

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, 2017 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

As we observe National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, our Nation joins 

in solidarity with those who are currently battling breast cancer and we 

remember those we have lost to the disease. Too many Americans endure 

the pain and heartbreak of losing a family member or friend to breast 

cancer. Memories of our loved ones, and their courage in the face of suffering, 

drive us to find a cure. 

More than 250,000 American women and 2,000 men will likely be diagnosed 

with some form of breast cancer in 2017. Fortunately, thanks to early detection and improved treatment options, deaths from breast cancer have decreased significantly in the last decade. The First Lady and I encourage 

all women to talk to their healthcare providers about mammograms and 

other methods of early detection, and about their risk of developing breast 

cancer, and what can be done to reduce that risk. 

My Administration is helping pave the way for medical breakthroughs to 

strengthen our fight against breast cancer by leveraging the tools provided 

under the 21st Century Cures Act. Our Nation’s biomedical research laboratories, universities, and industry innovators are global leaders in discovering, 

developing, and advancing the medical breakthroughs necessary to better 

detect, diagnose, and treat breast cancer. Their cutting-edge therapies are 

redefining breast cancer care and giving patients and families affected by 

this disease new hope that we will defeat it once and for all. 

During this month, we stand strong for those facing a breast cancer diagnosis, 

and we take a moment to thank our friends and family who tirelessly 

lend their support, and we pause to reflect on those we have lost to this 

terrible disease. Our Nation’s researchers, innovators, doctors, nurses, public 

health professionals, and advocates have helped improve the process and 

possibility of recovery, and together we hope to forge a future free of breast 

cancer. By raising awareness of breast cancer and supporting research, prevention, and early detection, we will move closer to eradicating this disease. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, 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 October 2017 as 

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I encourage citizens, government 

agencies, private businesses, nonprofit organizations, the media, and other 

interested groups to increase awareness of how Americans can fight breast 

cancer. I also invite the Governors of the States and Territories and officials 

of other areas subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to join me 

in recognizing National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 


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46356 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 191 / Wednesday, October 4, 2017 / Presidential Documents 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth 

day of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand seventeen, and 

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

and forty-second. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21550 

Filed 10–3–17; 11:15 am] 

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