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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  ACR 81
          Author:   Skinner (D), et al.
          Amended:  9/2/11 in Assembly
          Vote:     21

           
           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  Read and adopted, 9/2/11

           
           SUBJECT  :    Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This resolution designates September of every 
          year as Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and encourages and 
          promotes the efforts of the people and the healthcare 
          practitioners of the state to increase their awareness of 
          this disease and to educate themselves about early 
          detection and prevention.

           ANALYSIS  :    This resolution makes the following 
          legislative findings: 

          1. Each year in the United States, over 21,000 women are 
             diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and approximately 15,000 
             women die of this disease.
           
          2. Fewer than 20 percent of ovarian cancer patients are 
             diagnosed early leaving an overwhelming 80 percent of 
             all patients being diagnosed in the advanced stage of 
             cancer. 

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          3. Due to the lack of early detection capabilities, the 
             mortality rate for ovarian cancer has remained high for 
             the past three decades making this type of cancer among 
             the deadliest of all gynecologic cancers in women. 

          4. Ovarian cancer symptoms are vague and not well known by 
             the public which leads to a prediction of this cancer 
             reaching epidemic proportions with woman over 45 years 
             of age most likely developing this cancer. 

          5. There are factors that are known to reduce the risk for 
             ovarian cancer and that play an important role in the 
             prevention of the disease; and, there is a need to 
             increase the awareness and of this disease among health 
             care practitioners and the people of the state and to 
             continue to educate the public of early warning signs 
             and symptoms of ovarian cancer.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  No


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