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       SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 15-011
       
       
       BY SENATOR(S) Todd and Martinez Humenik, Aguilar, Balmer,
       Baumgardner, Carroll, Cooke, Crowder, Donovan, Garcia, Grantham, Guzman,
       Heath, Hill, Hodge, Holbert, Jahn, Johnston, Jones, Kefalas, Kerr, Lambert,
       Lundberg, Marble, Merrifield, Neville T., Newell, Roberts, Scheffel, Scott,
       Sonnenberg, Steadman, Ulibarri, Woods, Cadman;
       also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Primavera and Navarro, Arndt, Becker J., Becker
       K., Brown, Buck, Buckner, Carver, Coram, Court, Danielson, DelGrosso, Dore,
       Duran, Esgar, Everett, Fields, Foote, Garnett, Ginal, Hamner, Humphrey, Joshi,
       Kagan, Keyser, Klingenschmitt, Kraft-Tharp, Landgraf, Lawrence, Lebsock,
       Lee, Lontine, Lundeen, McCann, Melton, Mitsch Bush, Moreno, Neville P.,
       Nordberg, Pabon, Pettersen, Priola, Rankin, Ransom, Rosenthal, Roupe, Ryden,
       Saine, Salazar, Sias, Singer, Tate, Thurlow, Tyler, Van Winkle, Vigil, Willett,
       Williams, Wilson, Windholz, Winter, Young, Hullinghorst.
       
       
          CONCERNING THE RECOGNITION OF MARCH AS
       COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. 
       
       
          WHEREAS, Cancer of the colon is one of the most preventable forms
       of cancer; and
       
          WHEREAS, Nine out of 10 colon cancers could be prevented or
       successfully treated with regular colon cancer screening; and
       
          WHEREAS, About one-third of adults over the age of 50 are not
       being screened; and
       
          WHEREAS, Consequently, colorectal cancer is the leading cancer
       killer among nonsmoking men and women in the United States; and
       
          WHEREAS, The risk of developing colorectal cancer increases with
       age; and
       
          WHEREAS, More than 90 percent of cases occur in people aged 50
       or older; and
       
          WHEREAS, A person who has a close relative who has had colon
       polyps or colon cancer or a person who has inflammatory bowel disease,
       a genetic syndrome such as familial adenomatous polyposis or hereditary
       nonpolyposis colorectal cancer, or colon polyps is at a higher risk of
       developing colon cancer; and
       
          WHEREAS, Because most people with colorectal cancer have no
       symptoms, it is important to be screened for colorectal cancer through
       endoscopic screening or high-sensitivity stool testing; now, therefore,
       
          Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Seventieth General Assembly of the
       State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:
       
          That we, the members of the Colorado General Assembly, hereby
       establish the month of March as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
       
       
       
       
       
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       Bill L. Cadman               Dickey Lee Hullinghorst
       PRESIDENT OF                    SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
       THE SENATE                        OF REPRESENTATIVES
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Cindi L. Markwell                     Marilyn Eddins
       SECRETARY OF                CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
       THE SENATE                        OF REPRESENTATIVES