Summary

Designates a National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and urges actions to raise public awareness, encourage screening and conversations with clinicians, promote research into causes and better tests and treatments, and consider ways to improve access to and quality of care for detecting and treating prostate cancer. The resolution is a nonbinding statement asking the public, interest groups, and affected persons to promote awareness and observe the month with activities and ceremonies.

Key Points

• Designates a National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month to focus attention on prostate cancer.
• Urges increased public awareness about screening, early detection, and treatment options.
• Encourages more research to improve screening tests, treatments, identify causes, and pursue a cure.
• Calls for consideration of ways to improve access to and quality of care for prostate cancer detection and treatment.
• Asks the public, organizations, and affected individuals to promote awareness and observe the month with activities.
• Preamble summarizes prevalence, risk groups, stage-related survival differences, and the role of screening and clinician discussions.
• Mentions recent federal cancer research funding and VA efforts on precision oncology as background context.
• Resolution is nonbinding and does not authorize spending, create programs, or impose mandates.

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