Cancer Control Month is a month-long United States observance established by 36 U.S.C.
§ 103, a joint resolution approved in 1938 by the Congress and amended to request the President to issue an annual proclamation.
[1] In 2024, the presidential proclamation declares April the National Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Month.
[2] (a) The president is requested to issue each year a proclamation—[3] (b) Contents of Proclamations.— As part of those proclamations, the chief executive officers and president are requested to invite the medical profession, the press, and all agencies and individuals interested in a national program for the control of cancer by education and other cooperative means to unite during Cancer Control Month in a public dedication to the program and in a concerted effort to make the people of the United States aware of the need for the program.
(federal) = federal holidays, (abbreviation) = state/territorial holidays, (religious) = religious holidays, (cultural) = holiday related to a specific racial/ethnic group or sexual minority, (week) = week-long holidays, (month) = month-long holidays, (36) = Title 36 Observances and Ceremonies