Bill Text: IL HR0759 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges all citizens to visit "cancerscreenweek.org" for cancer screening resources and talk to their healthcare providers about their risk factors for all cancer types including, but not limited to, breast, cervical, colon, lung, prostate, and skin cancers and recommended screening options. Declares the first week of December of 2018 as "Cancer Screen Week".
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-9)
Status: (Passed) 2018-05-10 - Resolution Adopted [HR0759 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0759-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, In 2018, the American Cancer Society estimates | ||||||
| 3 | more than 600,000
people will lose their lives to cancer in the | ||||||
| 4 | United States; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society estimates that 24,670 | ||||||
| 6 | people in Illinois will die from cancer in 2018; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The National Cancer Institute estimates up to | ||||||
| 8 | 210,000 deaths in United
States could be avoided with early and | ||||||
| 9 | appropriate cancer screening; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, The cancer death rate dropped 26% between 1991 and | ||||||
| 11 | 2014
due to reductions in smoking and advances in early | ||||||
| 12 | detection and
treatment; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Specifically, according to the American Cancer | ||||||
| 14 | Society, the five-year
relative survival rate for cancers found | ||||||
| 15 | at the local stage are approximately 56% for
lung cancers, 90% | ||||||
| 16 | for colon and rectum cancers, 92% for cervical
cancers, 99% for | ||||||
| 17 | breast cancers, and 99% for melanoma skin cancers; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Many of these cancers are often preventable; early | ||||||
| 19 | detection and
treatment are critical as cancer does not always | ||||||
| 20 | cause symptoms and many occur in
people with no family history; | ||||||
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Specific cancer types disproportionately affect | ||||||
| 3 | different populations; for
example, breast cancer is the most | ||||||
| 4 | common form of cancer among black women, prostate cancer rates | ||||||
| 5 | in black men are double those of other men, and the
likelihood | ||||||
| 6 | of developing colorectal cancer for Alaska natives is about | ||||||
| 7 | double that of
other Americans; cervical cancer is more | ||||||
| 8 | prevalent among Hispanic and African American
women; two out of | ||||||
| 9 | three people diagnosed with lung cancer are 65 or
older; | ||||||
| 10 | melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, is among the most
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| 11 | common cancers in young adults; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control | ||||||
| 13 | and Prevention, rates of
screening for many cancer types in | ||||||
| 14 | recommended populations remain substantially
below Healthy | ||||||
| 15 | People 2020 targets; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, It is critical to reinforce the need for people to | ||||||
| 17 | discuss their individual
risk factors for cancer with their | ||||||
| 18 | healthcare providers and understand the
recommendations for, | ||||||
| 19 | and benefits of, cancer screening; therefore, be it
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| 20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 21 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that all | ||||||
| 22 | citizens are encouraged to visit cancerscreenweek.org for | ||||||
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| 1 | cancer screening resources and talk to their healthcare | ||||||
| 2 | providers about their risk factors for all cancer types | ||||||
| 3 | including, but not limited to, breast, cervical, colon, lung, | ||||||
| 4 | prostate, and skin cancers and recommended screening options; | ||||||
| 5 | and be it further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That we declare the first week of December of | ||||||
| 7 | 2018 as "Cancer Screen Week".
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