[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 86 (Friday, June 8, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1034]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL CANCER SURVIVORS DAY

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                        HON. WILLIAM R. KEATING

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, June 8, 2012

  Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the National 
Cancer Survivors Day celebration that will be cosponsored by Falmouth 
Hospital, Cape Cod Healthcare, and the Falmouth Public Library.
  National Cancer Survivors Day is an annual and honored worldwide 
celebration of life that is held in hundreds of communities across the 
globe. Participants in these events unite on the first Sunday in June 
to show that life after a cancer diagnosis can be meaningful and 
productive. The local Cape Cod event, to be cosponsored by Falmouth 
Hospital, Cape Cod Healthcare and Falmouth Public Library, is part of a 
biannual celebration for cancer survivors and caregivers of upper Cape 
Cod. At the event, the ``Survivors Quilt,'' or the Quilt of Hope, will 
be unveiled, which is made up of handmade squares contributed by local 
cancer survivors to celebrate their resilience and determination.
  The cosponsors of the Cape's National Cancer Survivors Day event are 
local leaders who have led the effort to eradicate cancer and to assist 
cancer patients, their caregivers, and survivors. Cape Cod Healthcare, 
which is one of the top ten healthcare systems in the nation, provides 
the latest diagnostic imaging technology at health facilities 
throughout the Cape. As for Falmouth Hospital, its cancer program has 
received significant endorsements from accreditation agencies, such as 
the Commission on Cancer and the National Accreditation Program for 
Breast Centers. Falmouth Hospital's Clark Cancer Center provides local 
access to the latest, most sophisticated, and most reliable cancer 
therapies available, and is the only hospital in which many Cape Cod 
residents can receive such treatments. Additionally, the hospital's 
Seifer Women's Health and Imaging Center, along with the Wilkens 
Outpatient Medical Complex in Hyannis, are the two Cape Cod Healthcare 
centers that provide certain types of digital screening and diagnostic 
services to Cape residents. The work of these organizations is 
invaluable to the local community, as the American Cancer Society 
estimates that Massachusetts will see over 38,000 new cancer diagnoses 
this year.
  Mr. Speaker, it brings me great pride to honor these local 
organizations in their continuous fight against cancer and to 
commemorate their celebration of National Cancer Survivors Day. I urge 
my colleagues to join me in recognizing the importance of their work in 
the local community as well as the significance of National Cancer 
Survivors Day.

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