Bill Text: IL SR0372 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares May 2019 as "Brain Tumor Awareness Month" in the State of Illinois and urges increased funding and research.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-31 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson [SR0372 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0372-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Nearly 87,000 people in the United States will be | ||||||
3 | diagnosed with a primary brain tumor this year; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Brain tumors are the leading cause of death from | ||||||
5 | cancer in children and teens under the age of 19; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The five-year relative survival rate in the United | ||||||
7 | States following diagnosis of a primary malignant brain and | ||||||
8 | spinal tumor is only 35 percent; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Almost 18,000 people in the United States will | ||||||
10 | lose their battle with a brain tumor this year; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Brain tumors may be either malignant or benign but | ||||||
12 | can be life-threatening in either case; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Nearly 700,000 people in the United States are | ||||||
14 | currently living with a brain tumor; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Treatment of brain tumors is complicated by the | ||||||
16 | fact that there are over 120 different types of tumors; and
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17 | WHEREAS, The treatment and removal of brain tumors present | ||||||
18 | significant challenges because of the brain's uniquely complex |
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1 | and fragile nature; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Brain tumors affect the primary organ in the human | ||||||
3 | body that not only controls cognitive ability but the actions | ||||||
4 | of every other organ and limb in the body, leading to a tumor | ||||||
5 | of the brain being described as a disease that affects the | ||||||
6 | essence of self; and
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7 | WHEREAS, In 2008, the United States House of | ||||||
8 | Representatives passed H. Res. 1124, establishing the month of | ||||||
9 | May as National Brain Tumor Awareness Month; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Brain tumor research is supported by a number of | ||||||
11 | private nonprofit research foundations and by institutes at the | ||||||
12 | National Institutes of Health, including the National Cancer | ||||||
13 | Institute and the National Institute for Neurological | ||||||
14 | Disorders and Stroke; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Basic research advances may fuel the research and | ||||||
16 | development of new treatments; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Daunting obstacles to the development of new | ||||||
18 | treatments still remain, and there are no strategies for | ||||||
19 | screening or early detection of brain tumors; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Despite the number of people diagnosed with a |
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1 | brain tumor every year and their devastating prognoses, there | ||||||
2 | remains a need for the development of new and effective | ||||||
3 | therapies to treat brain tumors; and
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4 | WHEREAS, There is a need for greater public awareness of | ||||||
5 | brain tumors, including the difficulties associated with | ||||||
6 | research on these tumors and the opportunities for advances in | ||||||
7 | brain tumor research and treatment; and
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8 | WHEREAS, May 2019, when brain tumor advocates nationwide | ||||||
9 | unite in awareness, outreach, and advocacy activities, is an | ||||||
10 | appropriate month to be recognized as Brain Tumor Awareness | ||||||
11 | Month; therefore, be it
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12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare May 2019 as | ||||||
14 | Brain Tumor Awareness Month in the State of Illinois; and be it | ||||||
15 | further
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16 | RESOLVED, That we encourage increased public awareness of | ||||||
17 | brain tumors to honor those who have lost their lives to this | ||||||
18 | devastating disease or are currently living with a brain tumor | ||||||
19 | diagnosis, to support efforts to develop better treatments for | ||||||
20 | brain tumors that will improve the quality of life and the | ||||||
21 | long-term prognosis of those individuals diagnosed with a brain | ||||||
22 | tumor, to express our support for those individuals who are |
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1 | battling brain tumors, as well as their families, friends, and | ||||||
2 | caregivers, and to urge increased research in all sectors to | ||||||
3 | advance knowledge and treatment for this disease.
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