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Cancer Control Month
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<p>Cancer Control Month is a month-long <a href="/facts/United_States_observance/1TMthmfI">United States observance</a> established by <a href="/facts/Title_36_of_the_United_States_Code/bpJAnqJA">36 U.S.C.</a> <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/36/103">§ 103</a>, a joint resolution approved in 1938 by the Congress and amended to request the President to issue an annual proclamation. </p><p>In 2024, the presidential proclamation declares April the National Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Month. </p>