September Will Be Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

MARIETTA, OH — Yesterday the Washington County Board of Commissioners voted 3-0 to pass a resolution making September Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Commissioner Charlie Schilling said a few words about the significance of this.

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"We all have to deal with this disease in a certain way and we have over the years. From a friends and family standpoint, I feel we have to recognize that this is important. Hope and pray the ones who get diagnosed got detected early and are able to get through it. Because if detected early it's something that can be beaten."

Here's the resolution.

WHEREAS, this year approximately 248,530 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in the United States and roughly 34,130 will die this year from the disease; and

WHEREAS, every 15 minutes another American man dies from prostate cancer; and

WHEREAS in Ohio, an estimated 9,010 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed and an estimated 2,000 deaths will occur in 2021; and

WHEREAS, 1 in 8 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime; and

WHEREAS, men with relatives - father, brother, son - with a history of prostate cancer are twice as likely to develop the disease; and

WHEREAS, men who served in the military who have been exposed to chemicals and herbicides are at a higher risk for developing prostate cancer; and

WHEREAS, education regarding prostate cancer and early detection strategies is critical to saving lives.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners do hereby recognize September 2021 as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.

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