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OK SCR16
Concurrent Resolution
Status
Introduced
3/27/2013
Primary Sponsor
Tommy Hardin
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AI Summary
- Designates April 30, 2013, as the 5th Annual "Breast Cancer Awareness Day" in Oklahoma
- Recognizes breast cancer as the most common cancer among American women (1 in 8 diagnosed in lifetime) and second leading cause of cancer deaths in women, with approximately 40,000 projected deaths and 232,000 new cases in 2013
- Acknowledges that men also face breast cancer risk, with an estimated 2,200 diagnoses and 400 deaths expected in 2013
- Dedicates the awareness day to the memory of Zora Brown, an American Association for Cancer Research Foundation trustee and cancer research advocate who died of ovarian cancer on March 3, 2013, at age 63
- Directs distribution of a copy of the resolution to Zora Brown's family
Legislative Description
Resolution; declaring April 30, 2013 as Breast Cancer Awareness Day in the State of Oklahoma.
Special Dates and Symbols
Last Action
coauthored by Pittman, Matthews
3/27/2013
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