Full Text of SR0236 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death | 3 | | for both men and women, and within every ethnic population, in | 4 | | Illinois, the United States, and the world; this year, lung | 5 | | cancer killed more Americans than breast, prostate, and colon | 6 | | cancer combined; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, In 2012, an estimated 226,160 new cases of lung | 8 | | cancer were diagnosed in the United States (116,470 among men | 9 | | and 109,640 among women); and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, In 2012, there were an estimated 160,340 deaths | 11 | | from lung cancer in the United States (87,750 among men and | 12 | | 72,590 among women), accounting for about 27% of all cancer | 13 | | deaths; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, In 2012, there were an estimated 9,190 people | 15 | | diagnosed with lung cancer in the State of Illinois; it is | 16 | | estimated that more than 6,590 residents succumbed to the | 17 | | disease; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Causes of lung cancer include smoking, secondhand | 19 | | smoke, exposure to toxins and known carcinogens, and genetic | 20 | | abnormalities; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, 80% of lung cancer cases are diagnosed in people | 2 | | who have never smoked or who have quit smoking; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, An estimated 90% of lung cancer deaths among men | 4 | | and nearly 80% of lung cancer deaths among women are attributed | 5 | | to smoking; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Lung cancer has a poor prognosis; even with | 7 | | treatment, people with advanced non-small cell lung cancer have | 8 | | a 5-year survival rate of less than 5%; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Increased awareness and coordination among all | 10 | | stakeholders, including federal and state governments, | 11 | | providers, patient groups, community leaders and | 12 | | organizations, the public, businesses, and researchers, is | 13 | | critical to promote the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of | 14 | | lung cancer; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we designate the month | 17 | | of November of 2013 as Lung Cancer Awareness Month in the State | 18 | | of Illinois.
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