Bill Text: TX SR901 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing October of 2011 as Inflammatory Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-04 - Reported enrolled [SR901 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SR901-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
| join Texans across the state in observing October of 2011 as | ||
| Inflammatory Breast Cancer Awareness Month; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Inflammatory breast cancer is a type of breast | ||
| cancer in which cancer cells block the lymph vessels in the skin | ||
| of the breast; symptoms, which may appear overnight, are similar | ||
| to those of mastitis, a benign infection; this similarity | ||
| sometimes results in misdiagnoses and delays in treatment, and | ||
| such postponements in care often result in an eventual Stage IV | ||
| diagnosis; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Accounting for less than five percent of breast | ||
| cancer cases, inflammatory breast cancer is the most aggressive | ||
| form of the disease, due to its faster doubling time; its | ||
| five-year survival rate is approximately 40 percent, mainly | ||
| because of delays in diagnosis, the disease's resistance to | ||
| treatment with standard chemotherapy, and a lack of expertise in | ||
| treating this rare form of cancer; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Because it does not form the characteristic lump | ||
| that can alert women to the presence of breast cancer, | ||
| inflammatory breast cancer can quickly spread undetected | ||
| throughout the breast and is also rarely detected by mammograms | ||
| or ultrasounds; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The treatment of inflammatory breast cancer | ||
| differs from other breast cancer treatments, and early diagnosis | ||
| by a physician with experience in caring for inflammatory breast | ||
| cancer is essential; it is truly fitting that a month be set aside | ||
| to raise awareness about this devastating disease through | ||
| education of the general public and the medical community; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd | ||
| Legislature, hereby commend those who are working to fight | ||
| inflammatory breast cancer and call on Texans to observe October | ||
| of 2011 as Inflammatory Breast Cancer Awareness Month; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared in | ||
| honor of Inflammatory Breast Cancer Awareness Month. | ||
| Huffman | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on May 4, 2011. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
