FL S0312

Designates May 2016 as "Bladder Cancer Awareness Month" in Florida

Notes Florida ranked second among all states in both new bladder cancer cases and deaths expected in 2015

Highlights bladder cancer as the sixth most common cancer in the United States, with an estimated 74,000 new cases and 16,000 deaths annually

States men have a 1 in 26 chance and women have a 1 in 90 chance of being diagnosed with bladder cancer during their lifetimes

Points to funding disparity, noting bladder cancer ranked 21st in National Cancer Institute research funding in 2013 despite being the sixth most common cancer