S.C.R. 40 Summary

• Designates May 15, 2012, as "Breast Cancer Awareness Day" in the State of Oklahoma

• Recognizes the Oklahoma State Legislature's support for breast cancer awareness and education for all men and women

• Notes that one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime and breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women

• States that an estimated 226,870 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women in 2012, with death rates declining since 1990 due to earlier detection and improved treatment

• Acknowledges that more than 2.6 million breast cancer survivors exist in the United States and that men are also at risk for breast cancer