HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation 2023 Lung Cancer AwarenessPROCLAMATION
LUNG CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
NOVEMBER 2023
WHEREAS, Whereas, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among men and women in the
United States, accounting for more deaths than colon cancer, breast cancer, and
prostate cancer combined; and
WHEREAS, Whereas the five-year survival rate for localized lung cancer is 60%, yet only 24% of lung
cancers are diagnosed at this stage; and
WHEREAS, Whereas, funding for lung cancer research trials are far behind funding for research of
many other cancers, and additional research is needed in early diagnosis, screening, and
treatment for lung cancer as well as in lung cancer health disparities; and
WHEREAS, Whereas lung cancer incidence is decreasing twice as fast in men as it is in women, each
year more women die from lung cancer than breast cancer and by 2035, more women
will die from lung cancer than men; and
WHEREAS, Whereas the stigma surrounding lung cancer creates barriers to early diagnosis,
treatment, and funding for research, has a detrimental impact on the quality of life of
people diagnosed with lung cancer, and hinders awareness of and research into lung
cancer risk factors other than smoking; and
WHEREAS, Whereas, organizations working in Edina, such as the American Lung Cancer Screening
Initiative and Women's Lung Cancer Forum, are committed to educating about lung
cancer and lung cancer screening and working to increase lung cancer screening rates.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, James B. Hovland, Mayor of Edina, do hereby proclaim November 2023, to be
LUNG CANCER AWARENESS MON IN EDINA
and recognize the need for research in lung cancer affecting women nl I ng cancer health disparities,
and encourage all citizens to learn about lung cancer and early detect\o t rough lung cancer screening.
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ames B. Hovland, Mayor
Dated this I 7th day of October, 2023.