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CONCORD - Gov. John Lynch today proclaimed November as Lung Cancer Awareness Month in New Hampshire. Gov. Lynch proclaimed the month in conjunction with the Lung Cancer Alliance and the Lake Sunapee Region Visiting Nurse Association.
Lung Cancer Awareness Month is a national campaign headed by the Lung Cancer Alliance dedicated to increasing attention to lung cancer issues. The proclamation encourages citizens to increase their awareness of lung cancer risks, early detection and treatment options.
Additional Information about the Lung Cancer Alliance and Lung Cancer Awareness Month can be found at www.lungcanceralliance.org.
A copy of the Governor's proclamation follows.
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State of New Hampshire
By His Excellency
John Lynch, Governor
A Proclamation
LUNG CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
NOVEMBER 2005
WHEREAS, Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in both men and women in the United States; and
WHEREAS, Lung cancer takes the lives of more Americans each year than breast, prostate, colon, liver, kidney cancers combined; and
WHEREAS, Former smokers and people who have never smoked comprise the majority of new cases of lung cancer each year; and
WHEREAS, 70 percent of new lung cancer cases will be diagnosed at late stage, with a 15 percent, 5 year survival rate; and
WHEREAS, Early lung cancer diagnosis and management protocols exist, yet have not been embraced as the standard of care; and
WHEREAS, Funding for lung cancer research falls far short of that for other less fatal diseases; and
WHEREAS, The Lung Cancer Alliance is dedicated to informing and advocating for people living with lung cancer or at risk for the disease;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN LYNCH, Governor of the State of New Hampshire do hereby proclaim November 2005 as Lung Cancer Awareness Month in New Hampshire and encourage citizens to do all they can to increase awareness of lung cancer issues, and offer compassion to people with lung cancer. Given at the Executive Chamber in Concord, this 4th day of November, in the year of Our Lord two thousand and five, and the independence of the United States of America, two hundred and twenty-nine.
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