Bill Text: NY K00599 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 2022, as Triple Negative Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the State of New York

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-11)

Status: (Passed) 2022-03-01 - adopted [K00599 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-K00599-Introduced.html

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Assembly Resolution No. 599

BY: M. of A. Paulin

        MEMORIALIZING  Governor  Kathy  Hochul to proclaim
        March  2022,  as  Triple  Negative   Breast   Cancer
        Awareness Month in the State of New York

  WHEREAS,  Breast cancer is among the most commonly diagnosed cancers
and the second leading cause of cancer death among women in  the  United
States; and

  WHEREAS,  Approximately  281,550 women will be diagnosed with breast
cancer and nearly 43,600 will die with this malignancy in 2022; and

  WHEREAS, Triple Negative Breast Cancer  is  one  of  many  forms  of
breast  cancer  and  accounts for about 15-30% of all diagnosed invasive
breast cancer cases in the United States; and

  WHEREAS, More than 53,700 new breast cancer cases  in  2019  in  the
United  States were Triple Negative Breast Cancer with higher prevalence
among younger women,  Black  and  Hispanic  women,  women  with  type  2
diabetes  or  carrying excess weight in the abdomen area, and those with
BRCA1 mutations; and

  WHEREAS, Due to its  aggressive  behavior,  Triple  Negative  Breast
Cancer grows quickly and is more likely to have spread at the time it is
found  and  is more likely to come back after treatment than other types
of breast cancer; and

  WHEREAS, People diagnosed with  metastatic  Triple  Negative  Breast
Cancer have a less than 30% chance of surviving past five years; and

  WHEREAS,  Triple  Negative  Breast  Cancer cells do not contain (are
"negative for") three key receptors that medicines typically  target  in
other  types  of  breast cancers; therefore, there are limited treatment
options that can be used to treat the cancer; and

  WHEREAS, Patients with an early diagnosis can often be treated  with
chemotherapy,  radiation,  and  surgery;  however, the limited therapies
available specifically addressing  the  management  of  Triple  Negative
Breast Cancer has made treating this disease a challenge for clinicians;
and

  WHEREAS,   Recent  innovation  in  targeted  therapies  have  fueled
advances in the fight against Triple Negative Breast Cancer; and

  WHEREAS, Studies have  shown  that  Triple  Negative  Breast  Cancer
disease-specific  mortality  rates  are  often  higher  if patients have
Medicaid or Medicare or are lower socio-economic  status;  and  compared
with  non-Hispanic  white  women,  Black  women  are  48% less likely to
receive guideline adherent care and have an  approximate  2-fold  higher
mortality  incidence,  resulting  in a disproportionately higher risk of
death from Triple Negative Breast Cancer; and

  WHEREAS, Advances in breast cancer screening and treatment over  the
last  few decades have reduced the overall breast cancer mortality rate,

yet the disproportionate impact of  Triple  Negative  Breast  Cancer  on
racial  and  ethnic minority communities raises considerations about the
underlying determinants driving the disparities; and

  WHEREAS,  It  is  necessary to promote Triple Negative Breast Cancer
education, raise awareness about the  disease-related  disparities,  and
tackle  inequities  within  the  health care delivery such as inadequate
access to screening, diagnostic testing,  and  care,  to  improve  early
detection and survival; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul to  proclaim  March  2022,  as  Triple
Negative  Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the State of New York; and be
it further

  RESOLVED, That a copy of this  Resolution,  suitably  engrossed,  be
transmitted  to The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New
York.