Bill Text: IL SR0101 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares September 2019 as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in the State of Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-12 - Resolution Adopted [SR0101 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0101-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, One in nine men will be diagnosed with prostate | ||||||
3 | cancer; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of | ||||||
5 | cancer death among American men and the most commonly | ||||||
6 | diagnosed; and
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7 | WHEREAS, In 2019, there are expected to be approximately | ||||||
8 | 174,650 new cases of prostate cancer and nearly 31,620 deaths | ||||||
9 | from the disease in the United States; in Illinois, it is | ||||||
10 | estimated that 6,690 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer | ||||||
11 | in 2019; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Prostate cancer affects all races and | ||||||
13 | socioeconomic classes; however, compared to white men and other | ||||||
14 | men of color, African American men are at an increased risk for | ||||||
15 | developing prostate cancer; one in six African American men | ||||||
16 | will develop prostate cancer; overall, African American men are | ||||||
17 | 1.7 times more likely to be diagnosed with, and 2.3 times more | ||||||
18 | likely to die from, prostate cancer than white men; African | ||||||
19 | American men are also slightly more likely than white men to be | ||||||
20 | diagnosed with advanced stages of the disease; and
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21 | WHEREAS, Finding prostate cancer when it is still at an |
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1 | early stage offers the best hope for effective treatment and a | ||||||
2 | cancer-free life; and
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3 | WHEREAS, If the disease progresses to metastatic | ||||||
4 | castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), the prognosis is | ||||||
5 | poor, with a median survival of approximately three years; the | ||||||
6 | patient, family, health, and economic burdens of prostate | ||||||
7 | cancer, particularly of advanced-state cancer, are large; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Improved awareness of prostate cancer, an | ||||||
9 | understanding of increased risks for developing the disease, as | ||||||
10 | well as access to recent medical advances that may extend the | ||||||
11 | time a patient lives without his cancer spreading are important | ||||||
12 | to improve the patient's outcome; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Shared decision making between the patient, his | ||||||
14 | family and other caregivers, and a physician is important to | ||||||
15 | support the appropriate care for an individual's clinical | ||||||
16 | situation; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Patients should consult their physicians | ||||||
18 | regarding individual risk for developing prostate cancer, to | ||||||
19 | determine when screening and other tests for early detection of | ||||||
20 | prostate cancer are needed, and to understand the risks and | ||||||
21 | possible benefits of screening; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Individuals who are diagnosed with prostate | ||||||
2 | cancer can speak with their physician and other health care | ||||||
3 | providers to learn more about the disease; they can also find | ||||||
4 | support groups and services in their community or online; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Additional focus is needed on the personal and | ||||||
6 | social burdens of prostate cancer to anticipate the needs and | ||||||
7 | provide support to the patient, his family, and other | ||||||
8 | caregivers; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Additional research on prostate cancer is needed, | ||||||
10 | so new and more effective treatments can be developed, as well | ||||||
11 | as a push for critical research and advanced treatments for | ||||||
12 | prostate cancer; therefore, be it
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13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare September | ||||||
15 | 2019 as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in the State of | ||||||
16 | Illinois, and we ask the citizens of Illinois to become aware | ||||||
17 | of prostate cancer, so they can have an informed conversation | ||||||
18 | with their health care provider regarding possible screening | ||||||
19 | and diagnostic methods and, if necessary, treatments to improve | ||||||
20 | the outcomes and the psychosocial support for people affected | ||||||
21 | by the disease.
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