[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. Res. 698 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 698

     Designating October 17, 2008, as ``National Mammography Day''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 30 (legislative day, September 17), 2008

  Mr. Reid (for Mr. Biden (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Casey, Mrs. 
 Dole, Mr. Leahy, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Johnson, 
Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Bayh)) submitted the following resolution; which was 
                        considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
     Designating October 17, 2008, as ``National Mammography Day''.

Whereas, according to the American Cancer Society, in 2008, 182,460 women will 
        be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer and 40,480 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 approximately 3,000,000 women in the United States are living with 
        breast cancer, about 2,300,000 have been diagnosed with the disease, and 
        an estimated 1,000,000 do not yet know they have the disease;
Whereas African-American women suffer a 36 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 90 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 98 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 17, 2008, 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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