PENNSYLVANIA, September 29 - PRINTER'S NO. 1119

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE RESOLUTION

No.

187

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY BROWNE, COLLETT, HUGHES, MARTIN, COSTA, MENSCH,

SCHWANK, BROOKS, BARTOLOTTA, KEARNEY, FONTANA, PHILLIPS-HILL

AND MUTH, SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing the month of September 2021 as "Blood Cancer

Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, An estimated 1,519,907 people in the United States

are either living with, or are in remission from, leukemia,

lymphoma or myeloma, which are the three major types of blood

cancer; and

WHEREAS, New cases of leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma are

expected to account for 9.8% of the estimated 1,898,160 new

cancer cases diagnosed in the United States in 2021; and

WHEREAS, An estimated combined total of 186,400 people in the

United State are expected to be diagnosed with a blood cancer in

2021; and

WHEREAS, Every nine minutes, someone in the United States

dies from a blood cancer, which statistic represents

approximately 158 people each day, or more than six people every

hour; and

WHEREAS, Leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma are expected to cause

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