Governor Proclaims National Cancer Survivorship Month 2024

NATIONAL CANCER SURVIVORSHIP MONTH

2024

BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, a cancer survivor is defined as anyone living with a history of cancer, from the moment of diagnosis through the remainder of life; and

WHEREAS, according to North Carolina Central Cancer Registry data, the overall five-year relative survival rate for all cancers in North Carolinians from 2016 to 2020 was 65 percent, slightly higher than that for all cancers from 2015 to 2019, which was 64 percent; and

WHEREAS, cancer survivors and their families exhibit courage, faith, and strength to undergo the emotional, physical, and financial burdens associated with their disease; and

WHEREAS, the first Sunday in June is National Cancer Survivors Day; it is a day to celebrate those who have survived, to encourage those recently diagnosed, to gather families for support, and reach out to the community; and

WHEREAS, cancer survivors are encouraged to create a survivorship care plan to record their cancer and treatment history, health checkups or follow-up tests needed in the future, possible long-term effects of their treatments, as well as ideas for staying healthy; and

WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina encourages residents and health care providers to learn how they can support cancer survivors during all stages of cancer survivorship and offer care, support, and palliative services during their unexpected cancer journey;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ROY COOPER, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim June, 2024, as “NATIONAL CANCER SURVIVORSHIP MONTH” in North Carolina, and commend its observance to all citizens.

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Roy Cooper

Governor

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this twenty-ninth day of May in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-four and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-eighth.