SENATE RESOLUTION No. 129
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
Sponsored by:Senator LORETTA WEINBERGDistrict 37 (Bergen)Senator JENNIFER BECKDistrict 12 (Mercer and Monmouth)SYNOPSIS
Recognizes State and national observance of “Breast Cancer AwarenessMonth” during October 2011.
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recognizing the State and national1observance of “Breast Cancer Awareness Month” during2October 2011.34
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Every 69 seconds, somewhere in the world, someone dies5of breast cancer; every three minutes, a woman in the United States6is diagnosed with breast cancer; and every 13 minutes, a woman7loses her battle with the disease; and8
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It is estimated that this year in the United States, 230,4809women will be diagnosed with breast cancer, and 39,520 will die10from breast cancer; and11
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In New Jersey this year, an estimated 7,360 women will be12newly diagnosed with breast cancer, and 1,260 women will die13from breast cancer; and14
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The “good news” is that breast cancer mortality has15decreased by two percent each year for the past decade due to16increased awareness, annual mammograms, earlier detection, and17more effective treatments; and, currently, there are 2,500,000 breast18cancer survivors in the United States alone - more survivors than19for any other type of cancer; and20
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Each year, the month of October is observed nationwide as21“National Breast Cancer Awareness Month”; and22
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The month of October in each year is designated as "Breast23Cancer Awareness Month" in the State of New Jersey pursuant to24P.L.2005, J.R.7 (C.36:2-86); and25
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Various organizations have provided, and are providing,26critical services to the people of this State relating to breast cancer,27including education and public awareness, preventive health,28assistance with care, counseling, social services, and advocacy, as29well as funding for innovative scientific research that is an essential30component of the war against cancer; and their ongoing efforts on31behalf of New Jerseyans are most laudatory and sincerely32appreciated by this House and all the citizens of New Jersey; and33
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The efforts of these organizations have made a major34contribution to spreading breast cancer awareness to both women35and men in all communities in this State through outreach,36education, and screening programs, and have empowered women37with the life-saving message of early detection and the importance38of having annual mammograms; now, therefore,3940
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by the Senate of the State of New Jersey:
41421. This House recognizes the State and national observance of 43“Breast Cancer Awareness Month” during October 2011,44commends the various organizations in this State that have sought45to defeat breast cancer and assist New Jerseyans who are coping46with this disease, and extends its appreciation to these organizations47during the observance of this month as “Breast Cancer Awareness48
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