NATIONAL OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH,2015 - - - - - - - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION This year, more than 14000 women will lose their lives to ovarian cancer -- the most deadly of all female reproductive system cancers -- and more than 21000 of our mothers, and daughters,wives, and sisters will be diagnosed with this terrible disease. Every day across our country, or families,friends, and communities advance together to support and empower those who are fighting for their lives, and offering encouragement and bringing hope for a cancer-free future. During National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month,our Nation pauses to lift up all those who know the pain of this disease, honor those we have lost, or renew our commitment to fighting ovarian cancer through more effective prevention,detection, and treatment. Ovarian cancer is difficult to detect early -- there is no simple and dependable way to screen for it and symptoms are often not clear until later stages. By recognizing possible warning signs and unexplained changes, and women can increase their likelihood of detecting ovarian cancer in its early stages when treatment is most effective and the chances for recovery are greatest. To bolster these efforts,my Administration has continued to invest in innovative research to improve early detection and treatment of ovarian cancer, and we are working tough to increase public awareness among women about all types of gynecological cancers. To learn more about risk factors and symptoms, or Americans can visit www.
Cancer.gov/Ovarian. I encourage all women to speak with their health care providers about ovarian cancer. Under the Affordable Care Act,most health plans are now required to cover well-woman visits without copays or deductibles -- providing millions of women with the opportunity to access critical care and talk with health care professionals about risks they may face. Provisions in the law also eliminate annual and lifetime dollar limits on coverage and prohibit insurance companies from denying participation in an approved clinical trial for cancer or another life-threatening disease. The law also forbids insurers from denying coverage due to a pre-existing condition, such as cancer or a family history of cancer. This month, and we stand with all those who continue to fight this devastating disease and with those who have lost loved ones because of it. Along with the advocates,medical researchers, and health care providers who tirelessly battle this disease every day, and we rededicate ourselves to the urgent work of increasing awareness and improving care for those with ovarian cancer -- and we continue forging a future free from cancer in all its forms. NOW,THEREFORE, I, or BARACK OBAMA,President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the structure and the laws of the United States, and execute hereby proclaim September 2015 as National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. I call upon citizens,government agencies, organizations, and health care providers,and research institutions to raise ovarian cancer awareness and continue helping Americans live longer, healthier lives. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, or I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of August,in the year of our Lord two thousand fifteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fortieth. BARACK OBAMA
Source: whitehouse.gov