IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 960 
Expressing support for the designation of November 2025 as ‘‘National Lung 
Cancer Awareness Month’’ and expressing support for early detection 
and treatment of lung cancer. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 18, 2025 
Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. LAWLER) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the designation of November 2025 
as ‘‘National Lung Cancer Awareness Month’’ and ex-
pressing support for early detection and treatment of 
lung cancer. 
Whereas lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related 
death among individuals in the United States, accounting 
for more deaths than colorectal, breast, and prostate can-
cer combined; 
Whereas, in 2025, an estimated 226,650 individuals in the 
United States will be diagnosed with lung cancer, and 
124,730 individuals (approximately 340 individuals per 
day) will die from the disease; 
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Whereas 1 in 16 men and 1 in 17 women in the United 
States will develop lung cancer during their lifetimes; 
Whereas each year more women die from lung cancer than 
breast, ovarian, and cervical cancer combined; 
Whereas, in 2025, cigarette smoking directly caused approxi-
mately 109,100 of the 124,730 lung cancer deaths, and 
exposure to secondhand smoke causes over 7,300 lung 
cancer deaths each year in adults who do not smoke; 
Whereas approximately 10 to 20 percent of lung cancer diag-
noses occur in people who have never smoked, and the 
proportion of lung cancer diagnoses in individuals who 
have never smoked is increasing in the United States; 
Whereas women who never smoked are more likely than men 
who never smoked to get lung cancer; 
Whereas Black men have the highest incidence of lung cancer 
and the highest mortality rate from lung cancer in the 
United States, and nonwhite individuals are 13 to 18 
percent less likely to be diagnosed with lung cancer early 
in their lives; 
Whereas veterans are 25 percent more likely to develop lung 
cancer compared to the general public, and although ap-
proximately 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 veterans have an ele-
vated risk of lung cancer and are eligible for screening, 
less than 3 percent of veterans get screened; 
Whereas lung cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed 
cancer in veterans; 
Whereas the 5-year survival rate is 67 percent for those diag-
nosed with localized lung cancer and 12 percent for those 
diagnosed at a stage when the cancer has spread to dis-
tant parts of the body; 
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Whereas the number of individuals in the United States rec-
ommended to receive lung cancer screening was estimated 
to be 14,500,000 as of 2021; 
Whereas only 16 percent of individuals in the United States 
at high risk for lung cancer undergo lung cancer screen-
ing; 
Whereas limited geographic availability of facilities and trans-
portation barriers are persistent challenges to lung cancer 
screening; 
Whereas 62 percent of adults are not familiar with lung can-
cer screening and the low-dose computed tomography 
scan; 
Whereas the stigma surrounding lung cancer— 
(1) creates barriers to early diagnosis, treatment, 
and research; and 
(2) has a detrimental impact on the quality of life 
of lung cancer patients; 
Whereas lung cancer research is leading to breakthroughs in 
biomarker 
identification 
and 
the 
development 
of 
immunotherapies and targeted therapies that are improv-
ing survival and quality of life for those with lung cancer; 
Whereas access to biomarker testing and cutting-edge 
diagnostics is challenging across populations and geo-
graphic areas; and 
Whereas educational efforts can increase awareness of lung 
cancer and lung cancer screening among the general pub-
lic, patients and their families, and health care workers 
and increase the early detection of lung cancer: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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