Whereas, The exact cause of kidney cancer is unknown; and,

Whereas, Kidney cancer occurs nearly twice as often in men as in women; and,

Whereas, The American Cancer Society estimated that last year there was 36,160 new cases of kidney cancer, 22,490 in men and 13,670 in women, in the United States; and,

Whereas, Other than surgery, the most commonly used treatments of kidney cancer are immunotherapy, radiation, and chemotherapy; and

Whereas, Breakthroughs in research over the last year have given hope to patients who previously had few treatment options; and now therefore be it,

Resolved, That I, Jennifer M. Granholm, Governor of the State of Michigan, hereby proclaim March 2006, as Kidney Cancer Awareness Month in Michigan.