RESOLUTION
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLINS-BELLAMY, MAJORITY LEADER RUBBO, MAJORITY WHIP ROBINSON, MINORITY LEADER BREEN, COUNCILMEMBERS, PINEDA -ISAAC, DIAZ AND MERANTE:
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RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF YONKERS TO PROCLAIM AND RECOGNIZE THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AS "LUNG CANCER AWARENESS MONTH" THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF YONKERS.
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WHEREAS, November is recognized as Lung Cancer Awareness Month; and
WHEREAS, Lung Cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States, accounting for about 1 in 5 of all cancer deaths. Each year more people die of lung cancer than of colon, breast, and prostate cancers combined; and
WHEREAS, According to the American Cancer Society, lung cancer mainly occurs in older people. Most people diagnosed with lung cancer are 65 or older, a very small number of people diagnosed are younger than 45. The average age of people when diagnosed is about 70; and
WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society's estimated about 234,580 new cases of lung cancer and about 125,070 deaths from lung cancer in the United States for 2024; and
WHEREAS, Lung Cancer is the second most common cancer. If lung cancer is found at an earlier stage, when it is small and before it has spread, it is more likely to be treated successfully; and
WHEREAS, Lung cancer screening is recommended for certain people who smoke or used to smoke, but who don't have signs or symptoms. Lung cancer symptoms usually do not appear until the disease is already at an advanced stage; and
WHEREAS, The most common symptoms of lung cancer are a cough that does not go away or gets worse, coughing up blood, chest pain that is often worse with deep breathing, coughing or laughing, shortness of breath, loss of appetite, unexplained weight loss, and feeling tired or weak, infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia that doesn't go away or keep coming back; and
WHEREAS, It is important for every American to know that cancer screening...
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