Bill Text: IL SR0019 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares the month of November 2023 as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month in the State of Illinois.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-19 - Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose [SR0019 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0019-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Pancreatic cancer is the third leading cause of | ||||||
| 3 | cancer-related deaths in the U.S. and is projected to be the | ||||||
| 4 | second leading cause of cancer-related deaths by 2030; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers | ||||||
| 6 | and has the lowest five-year survival rate at just 10%; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, In 2023, an estimated 60,430 U.S. residents will | ||||||
| 8 | be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and more than 48,220 will | ||||||
| 9 | die from the disease; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Due to increased awareness, pancreatic cancer | ||||||
| 11 | survival rates have been improving; however, the disease is | ||||||
| 12 | still considered largely incurable; with all stages of | ||||||
| 13 | pancreatic cancer combined, the one-year relative survival | ||||||
| 14 | rate is 20% and the five-year rate is 9%; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, The problem is that high-risk people are not | ||||||
| 16 | being screened in the early and potentially curable stages of | ||||||
| 17 | pancreatic cancer; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Risk factors can include chronic or hereditary | ||||||
| 19 | pancreatitis, obesity, regular consumption of high dietary | ||||||
| 20 | fats, alcohol abuse, smoking, family history, age, and | ||||||
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| 1 | long-standing diabetes; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Symptoms can include abdominal pain, mid-to-upper | ||||||
| 3 | back pain, weight loss, jaundice that is yellowing of the skin | ||||||
| 4 | and eyes, nausea, loss of appetite, changes in stool, and | ||||||
| 5 | new-onset diabetes; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Early screening will save lives; therefore, be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 8 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare the month of | ||||||
| 9 | November 2023 as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month in the | ||||||
| 10 | State of Illinois; and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | presented to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN), | ||||||
| 13 | the American Cancer Society, and Dr. Paul Grippo of the | ||||||
| 14 | University of Illinois at Chicago with our sincere | ||||||
| 15 | appreciation for their efforts to address pancreatic cancer.
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