HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 05102004 - 2004-457 IN RECOGNITION OF RESOLUTION NO.200414 7
OVARIAN CANCER
AWARENESS MONTH
IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
WHEREAS, ovarian cancer will claim an estimated 16,500 lives this year and is the fourth leading
cause of cancer death amopg wcen tleSteutates, accounting for more deaths than all
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other cancers of the femat6,.,reproc iitst�ve systems a pmbined,Wit
and
WHEREAS, ovarian dancer is the most deadly gynoeologieil,z4ii�brlbe,, e there is no early
screening r>iethod an it is usually diagnosed iii its late stags when if,i, inure difficult to treat;
and
WHEREAS if diagnirsed and treated before the Dance 'has spr .4d out.- htae five-year
sure Val' ate ik 95--percent. However, only 25 percent of,"' ��c���e Wrid at this early
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WhIEREAS, the asks and syinptrpt'ris of ovarian,'cancer are not well'tkx��by��0,public and this
knowledges abtnan's best defense againsti disease; d
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WHERE Sythe Son�Franciseo Bay Area,Dirvision €if the National Ov t;x'itar> Cancer Coalition is
detliatei to cl'ispell�ri myths and�misutiderstadn o thid� ase at}d as fictively engaged
in effc rt 46 save women's lives by raising a, o o is caticer an€I, imoting
edue oifidjarding its risks;and syrnptoim�.ai'd s
WHEREAS, it is appropriate for all Ct�ritra Costa Comity,cttize0to loam more about ovarian cancer
and to recoxzizd the efforts of the San Francis coarea Division of the National Ovarian
Cancer Coati#ion as=it prornotes Ovarian Cancer.b artiness IvlontHYin the county and
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throughout the ay- rea.h
NOW THEREFORE, the Contracpsta runty-;Boardib Su�iervisors proclaims the month of
September 2004,as OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH in Contra Costa County.
PASSED by a unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors members present this 14th day of
September 2004.
FEDERAL D. GLOVER
Chair
District V Supervisor
� JOHN GIOIA AYLE L KEVA
istrict I Supervisor District lI Supervisor
MILLIE GR:EENBERG MARK DeSAULNIER
District III Supervisor District IV Supervisor
., I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken
* and entered on the minutes of the Heard of Supervisors on fhe date
shown:
ATTESTED: September 14,2004
JOHN SWEETEN,Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County
e►a'
Administrator.-.
G By C .`•._� 'L_.. Deputy
Introduced by Supervisor Greenberg