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LUNG CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
NOVEMBER 2024
WHEREAS, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among men and
women in the United States and Arizona, accounting for more
deaths than colon cancer, breast cancer, and prostate cancer
combined; and
WHEREAS, funding for lung cancer research trails far behind funding for
research of many other cancers, and additional research is needed in
early diagnosis, screening, and treatment for lung cancer as well as
in lung cancer affecting women and lung cancer health disparities;
and
WHEREAS, lung cancer incidence is decreasing twice as fast in men as
it is in women, each year more women die from lung cancer than
breast cancer and by 2035, more women will die from lung cancer
than men; and
WHEREAS, the stigma surrounding lung cancer creates barriers to early
diagnosis, treatment, and funding for research, has a detrimental
impact on the quality of life of people diagnosed with lung cancer,
and hinders awareness of and research into lung cancer risk factors
other than smoking; and
WHEREAS, organizations working in Arizona, such as the American Lung
Cancer Screening Initiative and Women's Lung Cancer Forum, are
committed to educating about lung cancer and lung cancer screening
and working to increase lung cancer screening rates in Arizona
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Walter "Chip" Wilson, Mayor of the City of Apache Junction,
Arizona, do hereby proclaim November 2024 as
LUNG CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
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Signed and attested to this f day of October, 2024.
Walter"Chip"Wilson
Mayor
ATTEST:
Jennifer Pena
City Clerk
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