[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 204 (Monday, October 24, 1994)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 53557-53558]
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[FR Doc No: 94-26517]
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[Federal Register: October 24, 1994]
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Part IV
The President
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Proclamation 6746--National Mammography Day
Executive Order 12933--Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under
Certain Contracts
Presidential Documents
Federal Register
Vol. 59, No. 204
Monday, October 24, 1994
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Title 3--
The President
Proclamation 6746 of October 18, 1994
National Mammography Day, 1994
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
The threat of breast cancer touches everyone. All women
are at risk for breast cancer, including those with no
family history of the disease. This year alone, 182,000
women are expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer;
46,000 will die. The risk of death is reduced
significantly if the cancer can be found in the
earlier, more treatable stages. With appropriate breast
cancer screening and state-of-the-art care, experts
expect to see a 30 percent drop in the death rate.
Together, we must work to make sure that every woman is
informed about breast cancer and about the importance
of regular examinations, including high-quality
screening mammography. And we must ensure that all
women have access to this invaluable preventive care.
Today, mammography is considered the most effective
method for detecting early stage breast cancer. Many
cancers can be seen on a mammogram as soon as 2 years
before they could be detected by a woman or her
physician. But only half of all women ages 50 and older
have had a mammogram in the past 2 years, and as few as
30 percent have mammograms routinely. African American
women experience a higher death rate from breast cancer
than white women, and recently we learned that this is
primarily because they are diagnosed at more advanced
stages of the disease. Researchers have concluded that
if we are to improve the survival rate of African
American women, we must develop strategies aimed at
increasing their use of and access to early detection
techniques such as mammography.
We can all be encouraged by the progress in improving
and monitoring mammography. As of October 2, 1994,
provisions of the Mammography Quality Standards Act of
1992, requiring national, uniform quality and safety
standards, went into effect. Mammography facilities
must now meet stringent requirements and be certified
to ensure they are providing high-quality service. In
addition, scientists currently are working to apply
American know-how to improve mammography and to develop
high-technology imaging methods to detect breast
tumors. Digital mammography, for example, may enhance
the quality of mammographic images and even magnify the
view of specific areas of the breast. Scientists also
are exploring such technologies as magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) and ultrasound imaging for this purpose.
In recognition of the crucial role mammography plays in
the battle against breast cancer, the Congress, by
Senate Joint Resolution 220, has designated October 19,
1994, as ``National Mammography Day'' and has
authorized and requested the President to issue a
proclamation in observance of this day.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the
United States of America, do hereby proclaim October
19, 1994, as National Mammography Day. I invite the
Governors of the 50 States and the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, the Mayor of the District of Columbia, and
the appropriate officials of all other areas under the
American flag to issue similar proclamations. I ask
health care professionals, private industry, advocacy
groups, community associations, insurance companies,
and all other interested organizations and individual
citizens, for the sake of American women and for their
loved ones, to unite in publicly reaffirming our
Nation's continuing commitment to the provision of
breast cancer screening.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
eighteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and ninety-four, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two
hundred and nineteenth.
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[FR Doc. 94-26517
Filed 10-18-94; 12:14 pm]
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