[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 200 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 200

    Designating September 12, 2009, as ``National Childhood Cancer 
                            Awareness Day''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 23, 2009

   Mr. Udall of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Isakson) submitted the 
   following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Designating September 12, 2009, as ``National Childhood Cancer 
                            Awareness Day''.

Whereas childhood cancer is the leading cause of death by disease for children 
        in the United States;
Whereas an estimated 12,500 children in this Nation are diagnosed with cancer 
        each year;
Whereas an estimated 2,300 children in this Nation lose their lives to cancer 
        each year;
Whereas the results of peer-reviewed clinical trials have raised the standard of 
        care and improved the 5-year cancer survival rate in children to greater 
        than 80 percent overall;
Whereas more than 40,000 children and adolescents in the United States currently 
        are being treated for childhood cancers;
Whereas up to \2/3\ of childhood cancer survivors are likely to experience at 
        least one life-altering or life-threatening late effect from treatment; 
        and
Whereas childhood cancer occurs regularly and randomly and spares no racial or 
        ethnic group, socioeconomic class, or geographic region: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates September 12, 2009, as ``National Childhood 
        Cancer Awareness Day'';
            (2) requests that the Federal Government, States, 
        localities, and nonprofit organizations observe the day with 
        appropriate programs and activities, with the goal of 
        increasing public knowledge of the risks of cancer;
            (3) recognizes the profound toll a diagnosis of cancer has 
        on children, families, and communities and pledges to make its 
        prevention and cure a public health priority; and
            (4) urges public and private sector efforts to promote 
        awareness, invest in research, and improve treatments for 
        childhood cancer.
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