PRINTER'S NO. 1859
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
323
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY MASTRIANO, ROBINSON, BROWN, CULVER, FONTANA,
HUGHES, HUTCHINSON, KANE, LANGERHOLC, MARTIN AND VOGEL,
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of September 2024 as "Prostate Cancer
Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Prostate cancer is a disease in which normal cells
in the prostate gland begin to change and grow uncontrollably,
forming a mass called a tumor; and
WHEREAS, Some prostate cancers grow very slowly and may not
cause problems for years; and
WHEREAS, Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer
diagnosed in men in the United States and is the most common
cancer among men in this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, Data published by the Department of Health show that
prostate cancer accounted for the largest percentage of all
cancer cases diagnosed in men in this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
report that after lung cancer, prostate cancer is the second
leading cause of cancer death in American men; and
WHEREAS, One in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate
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cancer in his lifetime; and
WHEREAS, A new case of prostate cancer occurs every two
minutes, 1 in 44 men die from prostate cancer and a man dies
from prostate cancer every 15 minutes; and
WHEREAS, The chance of developing prostate cancer increases
rapidly after 50 years of age and approximately 6 in 10 cases
are found in men over 65 years of age; and
WHEREAS, Men whose fathers or brothers have prostate cancer
are twice as likely to develop the disease; and
WHEREAS, African-American men are 60% more likely than
Caucasian men to be diagnosed with prostate cancer and twice as
likely to die from it; and
WHEREAS, Veterans are one and a half times more likely to get
prostate cancer; and
WHEREAS, Symptoms of prostate cancer may include difficult,
frequent or painful urination, blood in the urine or semen and
pain in the back, hips or pelvis that does not go away; and
WHEREAS, Approximately one-half of men do not realize that
they are at risk of developing prostate cancer; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the month of September
2024 as "Prostate Cancer Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania; and
be it further
RESOLVED, That the Senate acknowledge the importance of
raising public awareness of the threat and causes of prostate
cancer.
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