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Proclamation
WHEREAS, Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United
States and in California each year; and
WHEREAS,
approximately 3,300 new lung and bronchus cancers are
diagnosed a year in the Bay Area; and
WHEREAS,
as lung cancer screening, but have not yet been embraced as the
standard of care, and early detection of lung cancer can
dramatically improve survival rates; and
WHEREAS,
research of other cancers; and
WHEREAS,
American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative (ALCSI), are
committed to educating and advocating for greater lung cancer
and lung cancer screening awareness; and
THEREFORE,
hereby proclaim November as
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
in the City of Cupertino, and encourage all citizens to learn about early detection practices,
and educational resources provided to those who are affected by this disease in order to
better maintain and assist our citizens in leading healthy, long lives.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the City of
Cupertino to be affixed this Tuesday, November Nineteenth, Two Thousand and Nineteen.
____________________________
Steven M. Scharf
Mayor