[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 17197-17198]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        NATIONAL MAMMOGRAPHY DAY

  The resolution (S. Res. 407) designating October 15, 2004, as 
``National Mammography Day'' was considered and agreed to as follows:

                              S. Res. 407

       Whereas according to the American Cancer Society, in 2004, 
     215,990 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 40,110 
     women will die from this 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 African-American women suffer a 30 percent greater 
     mortality from breast cancer than White women and more than a 
     100 percent greater mortality 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 80 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 more than 97 percent;

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       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 15, 2004, as ``National Mammography 
     Day''; and
       (2) requests that the President issue a proclamation 
     calling upon the people of the United States to observe the 
     day with appropriate programs and activities.

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