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LC006032 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
COMMEMORATING MAY OF 2024, AS "NATIONAL SKIN CANCER AWARENESS | |
MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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Introduced By: Senator Joshua Miller | |
Date Introduced: May 01, 2024 | |
Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar | |
1 | WHEREAS, Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States and worldwide, |
2 | with more than 3 million people and 5.4 million cases being diagnosed in the United States |
3 | annually, which represents more than 9,500 every day, and sadly, more than two people die of the |
4 | disease every hour; and |
5 | WHEREAS, More people are diagnosed with skin cancer each year in the United States |
6 | than all other cancers combined. At least one in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their |
7 | lifetime. Actinic Keratosis is the most common pre-cancer, affecting more than 58 million |
8 | Americans. The annual cost of treating skin cancers in the United States is estimated more than |
9 | eight billion dollars; and |
10 | WHEREAS, Skin cancer is one of the most preventable forms of cancer. Approximately |
11 | 90 percent of non-melanoma skin cancers and 86 percent of melanoma cases are associated with |
12 | exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun; and |
13 | WHEREAS, When detected early, the five-year survival rate for melanoma is 99 percent. |
14 | Advocacy, increased awareness, promoting ultraviolet light protection, and skin cancer screening |
15 | will result in a meaningful reduction in the burden of skin cancer; and |
16 | WHEREAS, Members of the Partnership to Reduce Cancer in Rhode Island, physicians |
17 | at Brown Dermatology, the Rhode Island Department of Health’s Comprehensive Cancer Control |
18 | Program, and Lifespan Community Health Institute are diligently working cooperatively to |
19 | accomplish statewide Skin Cancer Prevention; now, therefore be it |
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1 | RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby commemorates May |
2 | of 2024, as "National Skin Cancer Awareness Month" in the State of Rhode Island; and be it |
3 | further |
4 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
5 | transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Partnership to Reduce Cancer in Rhode |
6 | Island, Brown Dermatology, the Rhode Island Department of Health’s Comprehensive Cancer |
7 | Control Program, and the Lifespan Community Health Institute. |
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