Full Text of SR0580 95th General Assembly
SR0580 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Countless families in the United States live with | 3 |
| prostate cancer; and
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| WHEREAS, One out of six men in the United States live with | 5 |
| prostate cancer; and
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| WHEREAS, Over the past decade, prostate cancer has been the | 7 |
| most commonly diagnosed non-skin cancer and the second most | 8 |
| common cause of cancer-related deaths among men in the United | 9 |
| States; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2008, according to estimates from the American | 11 |
| Cancer Society, 186,320 men in the United States will be | 12 |
| diagnosed with prostate cancer and 28,660 men in the United | 13 |
| States will die of prostate cancer; and
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| WHEREAS, African-American males suffer a prostate cancer | 15 |
| incidence rate up to 60 percent higher than white males and | 16 |
| more than double the mortality rate; and
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| WHEREAS, African-American men have the highest mortality | 18 |
| rate of any ethnic and racial group in the United States, dying | 19 |
| at a rate that is 140 percent higher than other ethnic and | 20 |
| racial groups; and |
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| WHEREAS, Obesity is a significant predictor of the severity | 2 |
| of prostate cancer and the probability that the disease will | 3 |
| lead to death; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 5 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we designate the month | 6 |
| of September 2008 as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in the | 7 |
| State of Illinois; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we declare that the Illinois government has | 9 |
| a responsibility: | 10 |
| (a) to raise awareness about the importance of screening | 11 |
| methods for, and treatment of, prostate cancer; | 12 |
| (b) to increase research funding that is commensurate with | 13 |
| the burden of the disease so that the screening and treatment | 14 |
| of prostate cancer may be improved, and so that the causes of, | 15 |
| and a cure for, prostate cancer may be discovered; and | 16 |
| (c) to continue to consider ways for improving access to, | 17 |
| and the quality of, health care services for detecting and | 18 |
| treating prostate cancer; and be it further | 19 |
| RESOLVED, That we request the Governor to issue a | 20 |
| proclamation calling on the people of the United States, | 21 |
| interested groups, and affected persons: | 22 |
| (a) to promote awareness of prostate cancer; |
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| (b) to take an active role in the fight to end the | 2 |
| devastating effects of prostate cancer on individuals, their | 3 |
| families, and the economy; | 4 |
| (c) to urge Congress to prohibit the application of LCA or | 5 |
| similar policies for drugs and biologicals that unfairly target | 6 |
| prostate cancer patients; and | 7 |
| (d) to observe National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month | 8 |
| with appropriate ceremonies and activities; and be it further | 9 |
| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to the Governor and the members of the Illinois | 11 |
| congressional delegation.
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