SECOND REGULAR SESSION

House Concurrent Resolution No. 32

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

5491L.01I

AN ACT

Relating to the designation of March as kidney cancer awareness month.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Whereas, each year more than 36,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with kidney cancer, and more than 100,000 kidney cancer survivors are currently living in the United States and Missouri; and

            Whereas, the exact cause of kidney cancer is unknown; and

            Whereas, kidney cancer occurs nearly twice as often in men as in women and mostly in men over 40 years of age; and

            Whereas, the American Cancer Society estimates that this year there will be more than 36,000 new cases of kidney cancer (approximately 22,500 in men and 13,700 in women) in the United States; and

            Whereas, other than surgery, the most commonly used treatments for kidney cancer are immunotherapy, radiation, and chemotherapy; and

            Whereas, breakthroughs in research over the last year have given renewed hope to patients who previously had few treatment options:

            Now, therefore, be it resolved that the members of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-third General Assembly, Second Regular Session, the Senate concurring therein, hereby declare the month of March of each year to be "Kidney Cancer Awareness Month" in Missouri; and

            Be it further resolved that this resolution be sent to the Governor for his approval or rejection pursuant to the Missouri Constitution.