Full Text of HR0858 96th General Assembly
HR0858 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Modern medicine has made amazing advances in | 3 |
| fighting pediatric cancer; pediatric cancer survivors are | 4 |
| faced with a unique set of problems because of these advances; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, Cure rates for pediatric cancers have risen | 7 |
| dramatically during the past 20 years; it is estimated that one | 8 |
| in every 900 people, ages 16 to 44, is a survivor of pediatric | 9 |
| cancer; and
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| WHEREAS, Today, almost 70% of children that are diagnosed | 11 |
| with brain cancer survive treatment; this statistic calls into | 12 |
| focus the need to look at a child's quality of life in the | 13 |
| years following treatment; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, Pediatric cancer survivorship can come with a | 15 |
| price in the form of long-term medical, financial, | 16 |
| psychosocial, and/or neuro-cognitive problems due to | 17 |
| chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery; and
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| WHEREAS, The major expenses of a pediatric cancer diagnosis | 19 |
| and treatment program are associated with the direct costs of | 20 |
| medical care, including charges for hospitalizations, clinic | 21 |
| visits, medications, tests and procedures, home health |
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| services, services of doctors and other professionals, and | 2 |
| treatment, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, | 3 |
| and bone marrow or peripheral stem cell transplantation; and
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| WHEREAS, Even well-insured, middle-class families with | 5 |
| health insurance can find themselves in financial distress | 6 |
| because of a single catastrophic illness; even when insurance | 7 |
| doesn't run out, health care costs can be staggering for the | 8 |
| families of children with cancer; and
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| WHEREAS, The State of Illinois recognizes that amazing | 10 |
| advances have been made in the treatment of pediatric cancer | 11 |
| and survivor rates; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 |
| designate the week of March 21-27, 2010 as Pediatric Cancer | 15 |
| Survivorship Week in the State of Illinois and urge the | 16 |
| citizens of this State to show their support for those who have | 17 |
| survived pediatric cancer.
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