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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Over 7,000 women in the State of Illinois are 
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expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Over 1,700 women in the State of Illinois are 
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expected to die from breast cancer in 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In the United States, a woman receives a diagnosis 
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of breast cancer every three minutes, making that disease the 
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most frequently diagnosed of all cancers affecting women; it 
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was expected that, in 2007, approximately 178,000 cases of 
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breast cancer would be diagnosed among women in the United 
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States and that over 40,000 women would succumb to the disease; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Without a cure, one in eight women in the United 
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States will continue to be diagnosed with breast cancer; 
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moreover, the next quarter-century will see an estimated 5 
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million American women and 25 million women worldwide diagnosed 
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with breast cancer, and more than a million American women and 
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some 10 million women worldwide could die; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The State of Illinois is home to extremely 
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innovative and effective organizations that fight breast 
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cancer, including Illinois Affiliates of Susan G. Komen for the 
 


 






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Cure, the Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection 
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Program, the STAND Against Cancer Initiative, the Hispanic 
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Breast and Cervical Cancer Initiative, ACCESS Community Health 
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Network, Y-ME Illinois, and the American Cancer Society 
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Illinois Division; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Illinois has a special place in the history of 
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breast cancer advocacy, with Peoria being the home of Susan G. 
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Komen and her sister, Nancy Brinker, who founded the world's 
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largest breast cancer organization, Susan G. Komen for the 
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Cure, based on her promise to her dying sister to do everything 
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possible to fight the disease; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Early detection of breast cancer is the key to 
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surviving the disease, with survival rates of over 95% when the 
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cancer is caught early while still confined to the breast; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Public and private partnerships involving 
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Illinois Affiliates of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the 
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Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, 
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the STAND Against Cancer Initiative, the Hispanic Breast and 
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Cervical Cancer Initiative, ACCESS Community Health Network, 
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Y-ME Illinois, and the American Cancer Society Illinois 
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Division are supporting early detection of breast cancer, 
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especially for low-income and uninsured women; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Illinois has made a strong commitment to provide 
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breast cancer screening services to low-income and uninsured 
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woman in the State of Illinois within ten years; therefore, be 
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it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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the Illinois House of Representatives is committed to the goal 
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of providing breast cancer screening services to every 
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low-income and uninsured woman in the State of Illinois and 
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commends those thousands of Illinois breast cancer advocates 
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and survivors who are fighting to achieve this goal.