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SENATE RESOLUTION

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