Full Text of SR0612 95th General Assembly
SR0612 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE 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 adults aged 16 to 44 is a survivor of pediatric | 9 |
| cancer; and
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| WHEREAS, Almost 70 percent of children diagnosed with brain | 11 |
| cancer survive treatment today, a statistic that 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 neurocognitive 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, which includes surgery, chemotherapy, radiation | 3 |
| therapy, and bone marrow or peripheral stem cell | 4 |
| transplantation; and
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| WHEREAS, Even well-insured, middle-class families with | 6 |
| health insurance can find themselves in financial distress | 7 |
| because of a single catastrophic illness; even when the | 8 |
| family's insurance doesn't run out, health care costs can be | 9 |
| staggering for the families of children with cancer; and
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| WHEREAS, The State of Illinois recognizes that amazing | 11 |
| advances have been made in the treatment of pediatric cancer | 12 |
| and survivor rates; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we proclaim the week of | 15 |
| April 6-12, 2008 as the Second Annual Pediatric Cancer | 16 |
| Survivorship Week in the State of Illinois.
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