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submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2 :i* 0     
consid]$ & agre$ to  ,,resolution       
,designat+ ! fir/ week ( ,decemb] #bjah1
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week ( ,decemb] !reaft]1 z ,canc] ,scre5
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 canc]4  ,:]eas ! ,am]ican ,canc]       
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#fjj1jjj p 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates w lose _!  
lives to canc]2 ,:]eas ! ,national      
,canc] ,in/itute e/imates t             
approximately #ah1jjj to #baj1jjj dea?s 
9 ,unit$ ,/ates f canc] c\ld be avoid$  
?r\gh prev5tion & e>ly detection2 ,:]eas
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betwe5 #aiia & #bjad because ( r$uctions
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treatm5t2 ,:]eas1 accord+ to ! ,am]ican 

,canc] ,society1 ! #e-ye> relative      
survival rate = canc] detect$ at ! local
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canc]1 #ij p]c5t = colon & rectum       
canc]s1 #ia p]c5t = c]vical canc]1 #ii  
p]c5t = brea/ canc]1 & #ih p]c5t =      
melanoma ( ! sk92 ,:]eas _m ( ^? canc]s 
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specific types ( canc]                  
disproportionately affect diff]5t       
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canc] is ! mo/ common =m ( canc] among  
,black wom52  7#b7 ! rate ( pro/ate     
canc] among ,black m5 is d\ble ! rate = 
o!r m52  7#c7 ! likelihood ( develop+   
colorectal canc] = ,alaska ,natives is  
d\ble t ( o!r p 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates2  7#d7
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( age or old]2 &  7#f7 melanoma1 !      
deadlie/ =m ( sk9 canc]1 is "o ( ! mo/  

common types ( canc] among "y adults2   
,:]eas1 accord+ to ! ,c5t]s = ,disease  
,control & ,prev5tion1 ! rates ( scre5+ 
= _m types ( canc] among populations =  
:i* scre5+s are recomm5d$ rema9         
sub/antially bel[ ! t>gets set =? 9 !   
,heal?y ,p #bjbj report2 ,:]eas x is    
critical to re9=ce ! ne$ = p to discuss 
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heal?c>e provid]s & und]/& !            
recomm5dations =1 & b5efits (1 canc]    
scre5+2 & ,:]eas x is critical t        
heal?c>e provid]s pres5t individuals :o 
are diagnos$ ) canc] ?r\gh scre5+ cle> &
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molecul> te/+ & treatm5t3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be
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provid]s ab\t _! risk factors = all     
types ( canc]1 includ+ brea/1 c]vical1  
colon1 lung1 pro/ate1 & sk9 canc]1 &    
recomm5d$ scre5+ options2  7#b7         
designates ! fir/ week ( ,decemb] #bjah 
z ,canc] ,scre5 ,week2 &  7#c7 supports 
! designation ( ! fir/ week ( ,decemb] z

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