Controversial Issues
106th Congress, 1st Session, S. RES.62
Below is S. RES. 62 from the United States Senate for your review. The National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC) is supportive of this effort. As we have commented on the house resolution, we believe there should be one more statement explaining to women that while the Pap smear is the best cancer screening test in the history of medicine, there is an irreducible False Negative Rate (FNR) and continued emphasis on education, access and going back for repeat Pap smears is essential.
We applaud the Senate for highlighting access, education, screening and treatment issues related to cervical cancer.
Whereas cervical cancer annually strikes approximately 15,000 American women; (Introduced in the Senate)
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. RES. 62
Proclaiming the month of January 1999 as "National Cervical Health Month".
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 16, 1999
Mr. MACK (for himself, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. AKAKA, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. CLELAND, Mr. DEWINE, Mr. DODD, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. FITZGERALD, Mr. FRIST, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. GORTON, Mr. HOLLINGS, Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. MCCONNELL, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. MURKOWSKI, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. ROTH, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. SMITH of Oregon, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. SPECTER, Mr. STEVENS, Mr. THURMOND, and Mr. TORRICELLI), submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
RESOLUTION
Proclaiming the month of January 1999 as "National Cervical Health Month".
Whereas cervical cancer annually strikes approximately 15,000 American women;
Whereas cervical cancer strikes 1 out of 50 American women;
Whereas estimates show that physicians will diagnose more than 150,000 American women with cervical cancer during the 1990's;
Whereas according to the National Cancer Institute Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Program, the 5-year survival rate of cervical cancer victims is 91 percent when physicians detect the cancer at an early stage;
Whereas cervical cancer is preventable, yet remains one of the leading causes of death among American women;
Whereas according to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the mortality rate among American women with cervical cancer declined between 1960 and 1997, yet recently began to rise;
Whereas cervical cancer survivors show tremendous courage and determination in the face of adversity; and
Whereas it is important that the United States support individuals with cervical cancer , as well as their families and loved ones, through public awareness and education programs: Now, therefore, be it
- Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) proclaims the month of January 1999 as "National Cervical Health Month"; and
(2) requests that the President issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe the month with appropriate programs and activities.
