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Senate designates September as Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month; members urge earlier detection and research
Summary
Senate Resolution 56, presented by Senator Weber Pearson (an OB-GYN), designates September as Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and highlights survival statistics and detection challenges.
Senator Weber Pearson presented Senate Resolution 56 on Aug. 30, asking the Senate to recognize September as Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and urging increased attention to early detection, research, and survivor support.
In her remarks, Weber Pearson identified ovarian cancer as the deadliest gynecologic cancer and cited American Cancer Society estimates for the year: about 21,000 new U.S. diagnoses and more than 12,000 deaths. She described stage-based five-year survival rates offered during her presentation (93 percent for the earliest-stage diagnoses; 31 percent for advanced-stage disease) and stated that only roughly one in five ovarian cancers is found early. The senator, an obstetrician-gynecologist by training, told colleagues that symptoms can be subtle and are often dismissed, and she urged women to seek care for persistent symptoms.
SR 56 was adopted by roll call on the floor. The resolution is commemorative; the author framed it as a prompt to renew support for research, early detection efforts, and survivor services.
