Cancer Registrars Week

WHEREAS, cancer registrars help health care professionals better meet the needs of patients with cancer by collecting and maintaining data on persons diagnosed with this devastating disease; and

WHEREAS, data collected by cancer registrars is used by physicians to monitor treatment and continuing care of patients and by epidemiologists to track the cancer activity throughout Alabama and the nation; and

WHEREAS, cancer registrars throughout Alabama are committed to promoting the latest medical advances in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer; and

WHEREAS, National Cancer Registrars Week recognizes the contributions that professional cancer registrars make to the field of allied health:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert Bentley, Governor of Alabama, do hereby proclaim April 11-April 15, 2011, as

Cancer Registrars Week

in the State of Alabama and encourage all state residents to recognize the importance of cancer registrars in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

 

Given Under My Hand and the Great Seal of the Office of the Governor at the State Capitol in the City of Montgomery on the 24th day of March 2011.

 

      

Governor Robert Bentley