- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Serial:
- By the Governor of the State of Georgia, a proclamation.
- Title:
- By the Governor of the State of Georgia, a proclamation, 2014 March 10A; By the Governor of the State of Georgia, a proclamation: Cancer Registrars Week
- Creator:
- Georgia. Office of the Governor
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Office of the Governor
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia. Office of the Governor
- Date of Original:
- 2014-03-10
- Subject:
- Proclamations--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- proclamations
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- A proclamation by the Georgia Governor
- External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA G600 .S1 M4 2014/3-10A
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bg600-b-ps1-bm4-b2014-s3-h10a
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bg600-b-ps1-bm4-b2014-s3-h10a
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF GE ORGIA
A PROCLAMATION
CANCER REGISTRARS WEEK
WHEREAS:
Cancer registrars are health care professionals who work closely with a health care team to meet the needs of patients through data collection and analysis. They evaluate the success of specific treatments and identify, plan, and implement cancer prevention and control activities; and
WHEREAS :
Data collected by cancer registrars, including patient demographics, anatomic cancer sites, stages of disease, treatments, and lifetime follow-ups, is used by physicians to monitor treatment and continuing care of patients. This data is also useful to epidemiologists in monitoring the cancer burden throughout Georgia and the nation; and
WHEREAS:
Cancer registrars throughout our state are co mmitted to promoting the latest medical advances in the diagnosis and treatment of this devastating disease; and
WHEREAS:
Cancer Registrars Week recognizes the contributions that professional cancer registrars make in the field of allied health in our state; now
THEREFORE:
I, NATHAN DEAL, Governor of the State of Georgia, do hereby proclaim the week of April 7-11, 2014, as CANCER REGISTRARS WEEK in Georgia and encourage all our citizens to recognize the importance of cancer registrars to public health efforts throughout the state.
In witness thereof, I have hereunto set my han d and caused the Seal of the Executive Department to be af fi xed t hi s 1Qth day of March in the year of our Lord two thousand fou rteen.
ATTEST
GOVERNOR
CHIEF OF STAFF