Full Text of HR0325 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death | 3 | | for both men and women, and within every ethnic population, in | 4 | | Illinois, the United States and the world, this year killing | 5 | | more Americans than breast, prostate, and colon cancer | 6 | | combined; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, In the United States in 2010, about 222,520 new | 8 | | cases of lung cancer were estimated to be diagnosed (116,750 | 9 | | among men and 105,770 among women); and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, In the United States in 2010, there were an | 11 | | estimated 157,300 deaths from lung cancer (86,220 among men and | 12 | | 71,080 among women), accounting for about 27% of all cancer | 13 | | deaths; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, In Illinois in 2010, there were an estimated 9,190 | 15 | | people diagnosed with lung cancer, and it is estimated that | 16 | | over 6,490 residents succumbed to the disease;
and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Lung cancer causes include smoking, secondhand | 18 | | smoke, exposure to toxins and known carcinogens, and genetic | 19 | | abnormalities;
and | 20 | | WHEREAS, 80% of lung cancer cases are diagnosed in people |
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| 1 | | who have never smoked or who have quit smoking;
and | 2 | | WHEREAS, An estimated 90% of lung cancer deaths among men | 3 | | and approximately 80% of lung cancer deaths among women are | 4 | | attributed to smoking; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lung cancer has a poor prognosis; even with | 6 | | treatment, people with advanced non-small cell lung cancer have | 7 | | a 5-year survival rate of less than 5 percent; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Increased awareness and coordination among all | 9 | | stakeholders, including federal and state governments, | 10 | | providers, patient groups, community leaders and | 11 | | organizations, the public, businesses, and researchers, is | 12 | | critical to promote the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of | 13 | | lung cancer; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we proclaim the month of November 2011 as Lung Cancer Awareness | 17 | | Month in the State of Illinois.
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