OK SCR28

Designates October 20-26, 2013 as Male Breast Cancer Awareness Week in Oklahoma

Approximately 2,000 men in the United States are diagnosed with breast cancer annually, with an estimated 400 deaths per year from the disease

Emphasizes that public misconception of breast cancer as only affecting women can delay diagnosis and treatment for men

Directs distribution of a copy of the resolution to male breast cancer survivor Anthony Merka and his wife, Lisa