Full Text of SR0372 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Nearly 87,000 people in the United States will be | 3 | | diagnosed with a primary brain tumor this year; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Brain tumors are the leading cause of death from | 5 | | cancer in children and teens under the age of 19; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The five-year relative survival rate in the United | 7 | | States following diagnosis of a primary malignant brain and | 8 | | spinal tumor is only 35 percent; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Almost 18,000 people in the United States will | 10 | | lose their battle with a brain tumor this year; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Brain tumors may be either malignant or benign but | 12 | | can be life-threatening in either case; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Nearly 700,000 people in the United States are | 14 | | currently living with a brain tumor; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Treatment of brain tumors is complicated by the | 16 | | fact that there are over 120 different types of tumors; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, The treatment and removal of brain tumors present | 18 | | significant challenges because of the brain's uniquely complex |
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| 1 | | and fragile nature; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Brain tumors affect the primary organ in the human | 3 | | body that not only controls cognitive ability but the actions | 4 | | of every other organ and limb in the body, leading to a tumor | 5 | | of the brain being described as a disease that affects the | 6 | | essence of self; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, In 2008, the United States House of | 8 | | Representatives passed H. Res. 1124, establishing the month of | 9 | | May as National Brain Tumor Awareness Month; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Brain tumor research is supported by a number of | 11 | | private nonprofit research foundations and by institutes at the | 12 | | National Institutes of Health, including the National Cancer | 13 | | Institute and the National Institute for Neurological | 14 | | Disorders and Stroke; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Basic research advances may fuel the research and | 16 | | development of new treatments; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Daunting obstacles to the development of new | 18 | | treatments still remain, and there are no strategies for | 19 | | screening or early detection of brain tumors; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Despite the number of people diagnosed with a |
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| 1 | | brain tumor every year and their devastating prognoses, there | 2 | | remains a need for the development of new and effective | 3 | | therapies to treat brain tumors; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, There is a need for greater public awareness of | 5 | | brain tumors, including the difficulties associated with | 6 | | research on these tumors and the opportunities for advances in | 7 | | brain tumor research and treatment; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, May 2019, when brain tumor advocates nationwide | 9 | | unite in awareness, outreach, and advocacy activities, is an | 10 | | appropriate month to be recognized as Brain Tumor Awareness | 11 | | Month; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare May 2019 as | 14 | | Brain Tumor Awareness Month in the State of Illinois; and be it | 15 | | further | 16 | | RESOLVED, That we encourage increased public awareness of | 17 | | brain tumors to honor those who have lost their lives to this | 18 | | devastating disease or are currently living with a brain tumor | 19 | | diagnosis, to support efforts to develop better treatments for | 20 | | brain tumors that will improve the quality of life and the | 21 | | long-term prognosis of those individuals diagnosed with a brain | 22 | | tumor, to express our support for those individuals who are |
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| 1 | | battling brain tumors, as well as their families, friends, and | 2 | | caregivers, and to urge increased research in all sectors to | 3 | | advance knowledge and treatment for this disease.
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