[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 145 (Friday, October 7, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: October 7, 1994]
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                        NATIONAL MAMMOGRAPHY DAY

  The text of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 220) to designate October 
19, 1994, as ``National Mammography Day'' as passed by the Senate on 
October 6, 1994, is as follows:

                             S.J. Res. 220

       Whereas, according to the American Cancer Society, 182,000 
     women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 1994, and 
     46,000 women will die from this disease;
       Whereas, in the decade of the 1990's, it is estimated that 
     about two million women will be diagnosed with breast cancer, 
     resulting in nearly 500,000 deaths;
       Whereas the risk of breast cancer increases with age, with 
     50 percent of the breast cancer cases occurring in women over 
     age 65;
       Whereas 80 percent of women who get breast cancer have no 
     family history of the disease;
       Whereas mammograms, when operated professionally at an 
     accredited facility, can provide a safe and quick diagnosis;
       Whereas experts agree that mammography is the best method 
     of early detection of breast cancer, and early detection is 
     the key to saving lives; and
       Whereas mammograms can reveal the presence of small cancers 
     up to two years before regular clinical breast examinations 
     or breast self-examinations (BSE), saving as many as a third 
     more lives; Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
     United States of America in Congress assembled, That October 
     19, 1994, be designated as ``National Mammography Day,'' and 
     the President is authorized and requested to issue a 
     proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to 
     observe such day with appropriate programs and activities.

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