[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 135 (Thursday, October 1, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H9189-H9190]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

  (Ms. DUNN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DUNN. Mr. Speaker, today is a significant day. It marks the 
beginning of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. While the greatest 
news in this battle is the number of mothers, daughters, sisters, wives 
and friends who survive breast cancer, we must continue to promote the 
importance of early detection and early diagnosis, which continue to 
remain our best weapons against this devastating disease.
  This year alone approximately 180,000 new cases of breast cancer will 
be diagnosed; more than 43,000 women will die. That is why the 
gentleman from New Hampshire (Mr. Bass), who has shown so much concern 
about this problem, and I are introducing a resolution today that 
underscores the importance of mammograms and biopsies in the fight 
against breast cancer.
  The Bass resolution helps raise awareness that early detection 
through screening mammograms and breast biopsies are vitally important. 
As all women know, mammograms detect lumps and biopsies confirm whether 
these lumps are cancerous or noncancerous. Our resolution encourages

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women to take an active role in fighting this deadly disease through 
regular self-examinations, annual mammograms, and breast biopsies when 
a lump is detected. When it is detected early, women can conquer breast 
cancer.
  I ask my colleagues to support this vitally important resolution.

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