National Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Month, 2024

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 3, 2024)]

[Presidential Documents]

[Pages 22885-22886]

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[FR Doc No: 2024-07188]

Presidential Documents

Federal Register / Vol. 89 , No. 65 / Wednesday, April 3, 2024 /

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Proclamation 10717 of March 29, 2024

National Cancer Prevention and Early Detection

Month, 2024

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Cancer has touched nearly every American family. During

National Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Month,

we honor the enormous courage and strength of the

millions of Americans facing the disease today and of

the many millions of survivors, whose resilience

inspires us all. Together, we will end cancer as we

know it and get patients and families the quality care

and support that they deserve.

In recent decades, we have made enormous progress

toward beating cancer. In addition to new medicines and

therapies, we have developed early detection methods

and discovered prevention measures that extend and save

lives. Studies have shown that over 30 percent of

cancers diagnosed today could be prevented through

methods like decreasing environmental and toxic

exposures to carcinogens and making lifestyle changes

like reducing tobacco use and improving nutrition.

Still, cancer is the second-leading cause of death in

our country.

own that over 30 percent of

cancers diagnosed today could be prevented through

methods like decreasing environmental and toxic

exposures to carcinogens and making lifestyle changes

like reducing tobacco use and improving nutrition.

Still, cancer is the second-leading cause of death in

our country.

I came to office determined to change that. Beating

cancer is personal to my family, as it is to millions

of families across America and around the world. That

is why the First Lady and I re-ignited the Cancer

Moonshot. The goal is to cut the cancer death rate by

at least 50 percent in the next 25 years--starting by

preventing the cancers we know we can stop and catching

others as early as possible. We are also working to

turn more cancers from death sentences into chronic

diseases that people can live with and to create more

supportive experiences for patients and their families.

To help achieve that, I established the Advanced

Research Projects Agency for Health, securing $4

billion in bipartisan funding to date to help the

scientists, innovators, and public health professionals

who are working day and night to improve the

prevention, detection, and treatment of cancers and

other deadly diseases. We are not just working toward

incremental changes--we are looking for quantum leaps

forward.

funding to date to help the

scientists, innovators, and public health professionals

who are working day and night to improve the

prevention, detection, and treatment of cancers and

other deadly diseases. We are not just working toward

incremental changes--we are looking for quantum leaps

forward.

It is important for every American to know that cancer

screenings are lifesaving--early detection can make all

the difference in beating the disease. That is why my

Administration is working to ensure that every American

can get them. During my first year in office, we

expanded coverage under the Affordable Care Act, which

requires insurers to pay for cancer screenings and

primary care visits. More Americans have insurance than

under any President, ensuring that millions of

Americans now have health coverage for those services

and more. My Administration is also helping millions of

families save an average of $800 per year on their

health insurance premiums. To increase access to early

detection, my Administration has partnered with

community health centers to provide screenings closer

to folks' homes, and we extended health care coverage

for lung cancer screenings. Further, we have closed

loopholes so that new stool-based screening tests and

follow-up screenings do not lead to surprise costs for

patients undergoing colonoscopies. Eliminating these

barriers to screenings will save and extend countless

lives

ded health care coverage

for lung cancer screenings. Further, we have closed

loopholes so that new stool-based screening tests and

follow-up screenings do not lead to surprise costs for

patients undergoing colonoscopies. Eliminating these

barriers to screenings will save and extend countless

lives. To learn your personal risk factors and know

which screenings are right for you, please talk to your

health care provider, visit cdc.gov/cancerscreening or

cancer.gov/screeningtests, or call 1-800-

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4-CANCER for more information. We encourage everyone to

schedule routine cancer screening appointments.

At the same time, healthy life habits--like maintaining

a healthy body weight and reducing exposure to tobacco

smoke--can prevent certain cancers, so we are working

to help all Americans get and stay healthy. Our

National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health

supports expanding incentives to purchase fruits and

vegetables with SNAP, ensures more kids have access to

free and nutritious school lunches, and expands access

to nutrition and obesity counseling. For help with

quitting smoking--the leading cause of cancer in

America--visit SmokeFree.gov, call 1-800-QUIT-NOW, or

text QUITNOW to 333888.

fruits and

vegetables with SNAP, ensures more kids have access to

free and nutritious school lunches, and expands access

to nutrition and obesity counseling. For help with

quitting smoking--the leading cause of cancer in

America--visit SmokeFree.gov, call 1-800-QUIT-NOW, or

text QUITNOW to 333888.

My Administration is working to reduce Americans'

exposure to environmental toxins that can lead to

cancer. Through our Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, my

Administration has invested billions of dollars to

clean up toxic sites and help States replace lead pipes

and service lines, protecting millions of families from

exposure to so-called ``forever chemicals'' and other

contaminants that increase people's risk of getting

cancer. I was also proud to sign the PACT Act, ensuring

that veterans exposed to toxic substances during their

military service get the cancer care and benefits that

they deserve.

Ending cancer is the kind of big and ambitious goal

that America has always embraced. For the patients

fighting for a better day, the survivors who give us

strength, the caregivers who share their hearts, the

lives we have lost, and the lives we can save, let us

recommit to this vital work.

serve.

Ending cancer is the kind of big and ambitious goal

that America has always embraced. For the patients

fighting for a better day, the survivors who give us

strength, the caregivers who share their hearts, the

lives we have lost, and the lives we can save, let us

recommit to this vital work.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of

the United States of America, do hereby proclaim April

2024 as National Cancer Prevention and Early Detection

Month. I encourage citizens, government agencies,

private businesses, nonprofit organizations, and other

interested groups to join in activities that will

increase awareness of what Americans can do to prevent,

detect, and beat cancer.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this

twenty-ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord two

thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of the

United States of America the two hundred and forty-

eighth.

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