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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The first Susan G. Komen for the Cure Advocacy Day in |
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Texas is being held on February 14, 2007; and |
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WHEREAS, Founded in 1982, the Komen Affiliate Network is the |
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largest private funder of community-based breast health education |
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and breast cancer screening and treatment programs in the nation; |
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the network is sustained by more than 100,000 breast cancer |
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survivors and activists; and |
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WHEREAS, In the United States, a woman receives a diagnosis |
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of breast cancer every three minutes, making that disease the most |
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frequently diagnosed of all cancers affecting women; it was |
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expected that, in 2006, approximately 275,000 new cases of breast |
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cancer would occur among women and that 41,000 women would succumb |
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to the disease; in addition, it was anticipated that more than 1,700 |
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cases of breast cancer would be diagnosed among men; and |
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WHEREAS, Without a cure, one in eight women in the United |
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States will continue to be diagnosed with breast cancer; moreover, |
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the next quarter-century will see an estimated 5 million American |
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women and 25 million women worldwide diagnosed with breast cancer, |
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and more than a million American women and some 10 million women |
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worldwide could die; and |
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WHEREAS, Komen for the Cure is doing outstanding work in |
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combating this devastating illness: up to 75 percent of the net |
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income of each Komen domestic affiliate is dedicated to fighting |
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breast cancer in the local community, with grants being awarded to |
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local hospitals and community organizations that provide breast |
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health education and breast cancer screening and treatment for |
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medically underserved women; the remaining net income, a minimum of |
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25 percent, supports the Komen Award and Research Grant Program, |
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which funds groundbreaking breast cancer research, meritorious |
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awards, and educational and scientific programs around the world; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Komen for the Cure has played a critical role in |
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every major advance in the struggle against breast cancer, |
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contributing to such achievements as an increased rate of early |
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detection, more research, and a greatly improved five-year survival |
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rate; today, 2.3 million breast cancer survivors in the United |
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States attest to the power of social action and science to save |
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lives; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the next decade, Komen for the Cure aims to |
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invest more than $600 million in breast health care and treatment |
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for the underserved, as well as over $400 million in research; the |
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organization also plans to mobilize more than 10 million |
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individuals for the fight against the disease; and |
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WHEREAS, In support of the first Komen for the Cure Advocacy |
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Day in Texas, members of Komen affiliates in Austin, Houston, |
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Dallas, San Antonio, and Lubbock are visiting the State Capitol; |
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joining them are medical professionals who have received Komen |
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grants, as well as several representatives from the national |
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organization; and |
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WHEREAS, Breast cancer touches the lives of thousands of |
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individuals across the Lone Star State, and Komen for the Cure is to |
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be commended for the vision, passion, and tenacity it brings to its |
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vital mission; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize February 14, 2007, as the first Susan |
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G. Komen for the Cure Advocacy Day in Texas and extend to all those |
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associated with Komen for the Cure sincere appreciation for their |
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commitment to such an important cause. |