BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

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That this House notes that the month of October has been designated as Breast Cancer month by the research charity Cancer Research UK; recognises that each year across Europe 346,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer, the United Kingdom being the seventh highest with 40,000 women diagnosed and nearly 12,800 dying each year; and welcomes the decision by Cancer UK to introduce a patients' information website http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk. and to form a team of expert cancer information nurses to provide factual, impartial and objective advice to anyone with concerns about the disease.