74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
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                           A-Engrossed
 
                    House Joint Resolution 34
                  Ordered by the House March 9
            Including House Amendments dated March 9
 
Sponsored by Representatives HANNA, TOMEI; Representatives
  CAMERON, DALLUM, D EDWARDS, GARRARD, GILLIAM, GREENLICK, KOMP,
  MAURER, MORGAN, SHIELDS (at the request of American Cancer
  Society)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
  Designates month of March in each year as Colorectal Cancer
Awareness Month.
 
                        JOINT RESOLUTION
  Whereas colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer found
in men and women in this country; and
  Whereas more than 145,000 Americans will be diagnosed with
colorectal cancer and more than 55,000 Americans will die from
colorectal cancer this year; and
  Whereas in Oregon nearly 1,900 people will be diagnosed with
colorectal cancer and 700 will die in the next year from the
disease; and
  Whereas colorectal cancer affects people regardless of their
age, race or sex; and
  Whereas men have a slightly higher rate of colorectal cancer
than women; and
  Whereas African-Americans have a higher rate of colorectal
cancer incidence and death than Caucasians; and
  Whereas colorectal cancer is one of the most detectable and, if
found early, most treatable forms of cancer; and
  Whereas the five-year survival rate is 90 percent when
colorectal cancer is diagnosed at the localized stage, but the
survival rate is only 10 percent when colorectal cancer is not
diagnosed until the distant stage; and
  Whereas screening and early detection saves lives; and
  Whereas many incidences of colorectal cancer, and deaths
resulting from colorectal cancer, could be prevented if more
people took advantage of colorectal cancer screening; and
  Whereas colorectal cancer can be prevented through early
identification and removal of precancerous polyps, detectable
only through screening; and
  Whereas early detection is the key to survival against
colorectal cancer and more than half of all colorectal cancers
can be prevented by early screening; and
 
  Whereas 9 out of 10 colorectal cancer cases are diagnosed in
people over the age of 50, yet less than half of all Oregonians
age 50 or older have had a recommended colorectal cancer
screening in the past five years; and
  Whereas in comparison 70 percent of female Oregonians have had
mammograms; and
  Whereas many factors contribute to the low screening rate for
colorectal cancer, such as lack of public education and awareness
about prevention and screening, negative attitudes about
screening procedures and the absence of symptoms; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:
  That we, the members of the Seventy-fourth Legislative
Assembly, join in designation of the month of March in each year
as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and highly encourage all
Oregonians to get the appropriate screenings to prevent
colorectal cancer; and be it further
  Resolved, That we express our gratitude to the families and
caretakers of all colorectal cancer patients in Oregon; and be it
further
  Resolved, That we honor those Oregonians we have lost to
colorectal cancer, desire to provide hope to those who are
fighting against this disease and celebrate the survivors of
colorectal cancer.
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