File #: 23-5408    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 10/16/2023 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 10/19/2023 Final action: 10/19/2023
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 2023 AS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND OCTOBER 13 AS METASTATIC BREAST CANCER AWARENESS DAY WHEREAS, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, held in October every year, aims to increase public knowledge of this disease, and promote screening and prevention of the disease, which affects one in eight women in the United States every year and 2.3 million women worldwide; and WHEREAS, known best for its pink theme color, the month features campaigns and programs aimed at: supporting people diagnosed with breast cancer, including metastatic breast cancer; educating people about breast cancer risk factors; stressing the importance of regular screening, starting at age 40 or an age that's appropriate for each person's personal breast cancer risk; and fundraising for breast cancer research; and WHEREAS, although breast cancer is much more common in women, more than 281,550 women are diagnosed with new cases of invasive breast cancer each year, breast cance...
Sponsors: MONICA GORDON, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), FRANK J. AGUILAR, ALMA E. ANAYA, SCOTT R. BRITTON, JOHN P. DALEY, DENNIS DEER, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BRIDGET GAINER, BILL LOWRY, DONNA MILLER, STANLEY MOORE, JOSINA MORITA, KEVIN B. MORRISON, SEAN M. MORRISON, ANTHONY J. QUEZADA, TARA S. STAMPS, MAGGIE TREVOR
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 2023 AS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND OCTOBER 13 AS METASTATIC BREAST CANCER AWARENESS DAY

WHEREAS, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, held in October every year, aims to increase public knowledge of this disease, and promote screening and prevention of the disease, which affects one in eight women in the United States every year and 2.3 million women worldwide; and

WHEREAS, known best for its pink theme color, the month features campaigns and programs aimed at: supporting people diagnosed with breast cancer, including metastatic breast cancer; educating people about breast cancer risk factors; stressing the importance of regular screening, starting at age 40 or an age that's appropriate for each person's personal breast cancer risk; and fundraising for breast cancer research; and

WHEREAS, although breast cancer is much more common in women, more than 281,550 women are diagnosed with new cases of invasive breast cancer each year, breast cancer affects men, too. In 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden designated October 17 to October 23 Men's Breast Cancer Awareness Week. About 2,710 American men are expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer each year, and about 530 are expected to die from the disease; a man's lifetime risk of breast cancer is about 1 in 833. Lack of awareness and stigma can be barriers to detection and care. Some men, trans men, and non-binary people choose to call their cancer chest cancer; and

WHEREAS, October 13 is nationally recognized in the United States as Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day and is intended to drive awareness of the need for more research about metastatic disease. About 30% of early-stage breast cancers eventually metastasize, spreading to parts of the body away from the breast; and

WHEREAS, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American women. Black women are most likely to die from breast cancer than women of any other racial or ethnic group. About 1 ...

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