[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 22866]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                NATIONAL OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

  (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAULSEN. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize September as National 
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
  This deadly disease hits 1 in every 72 women in the United States and 
is the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths among women.
  As a husband, brother, and father, I believe it's of the utmost 
importance to call attention to this disease that hits 20,000 American 
women every year. In just 2008 alone, over 15,000 women died of ovarian 
cancer.
  Cases of this deadly cancer can be very difficult to diagnose because 
of subtle symptoms that are sometimes confused with many other 
conditions. When it's detected, however, 9 out of 10 women will 
survive. However, only 19 percent of ovarian cancer cases in the United 
States are diagnosed at an early stage.
  Let's not only remember those that we have lost to this deadly 
disease, but as this month ends, let's work together towards creating 
and improving treatments to save the lives of mothers, sisters, 
daughters, and all those around us that we love each day.

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