Full Text of HJR0085 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In the United States, a woman's lifetime risk of | 3 | | being diagnosed with ovarian cancer is 1 in 78; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The five-year survival rate for ovarian cancer is | 5 | | 46.5 percent; survival rates vary greatly depending on the | 6 | | stage of diagnosis; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society estimates 864 cases of | 8 | | ovarian cancer will be diagnosed in Illinois this year, and 587 | 9 | | women will die from the disease; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Of all the counties in the United States, Illinois | 11 | | has four counties in the top 20 for highest death rates from | 12 | | ovarian cancer; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, All women are at risk for ovarian cancer, but | 14 | | approximately 20 percent of women who are diagnosed with | 15 | | ovarian cancer have a hereditary predisposition to ovarian | 16 | | cancer, which places them at higher risk; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, While the mammogram can detect breast cancer and | 18 | | the Pap smear can detect cervical cancer, there is no reliable | 19 | | early detection test for ovarian cancer; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Many people are unaware that the symptoms of | 2 | | ovarian cancer often include bloating, pelvic or abdominal | 3 | | pain, difficulty eating or feeling full quickly, urinary | 4 | | symptoms, and several other symptoms that are easily confused | 5 | | with other diseases; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The lack of an early detection test for ovarian | 7 | | cancer, combined with vague symptoms, means that approximately | 8 | | 80 percent of cases of ovarian cancer are detected at advanced | 9 | | stages; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The month of September is dedicated to increasing | 11 | | awareness of ovarian cancer, to acknowledging the women who | 12 | | have lived through and are living with this deadly disease, and | 13 | | to honoring the women we have lost; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 15 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 16 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we declare September 2019 as | 17 | | Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in Illinois; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the Illinois Chapter of the National Ovarian | 20 | | Cancer Coalition.
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