[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 508 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 508

     Designating October 20, 2006, as ``National Mammography Day''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 13, 2006

Mr. Biden submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
     Designating October 20, 2006, as ``National Mammography Day''.

Whereas, according to the American Cancer Society, in 2006, 212,920 women will 
        be diagnosed with breast cancer and 40,970 women will die from that 
        disease;
Whereas it is estimated that about 2,000,000 women were diagnosed with breast 
        cancer in the 1990s, and that, in nearly 500,000 of those cases, the 
        cancer resulted in death;
Whereas African-American women suffer a 30 percent greater mortality rate from 
        breast cancer than White women and more than a 100 percent greater 
        mortality rate from breast cancer than women from Hispanic, Asian, and 
        American Indian populations;
Whereas the risk of breast cancer increases with age, with a woman at age 70 
        having twice as much of a chance of developing the disease as a woman at 
        age 50;
Whereas at least 80 percent of the women who get breast cancer have no family 
        history of the disease;
Whereas mammograms, when operated professionally at a certified facility, can 
        provide safe screening and early detection of breast cancer in many 
        women;
Whereas mammography is an excellent method for early detection of localized 
        breast cancer, which has a 5-year survival rate of more than 97 percent;
Whereas the National Cancer Institute and the American Cancer Society continue 
        to recommend periodic mammograms; and
Whereas the National Breast Cancer Coalition recommends that each woman and her 
        health care provider make an individual decision about mammography: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates October 20, 2006, as ``National Mammography 
        Day''; and
            (2) encourages the people of the United States to observe 
        the day with appropriate programs and activities.
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