H.R. No. 1740
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare but very
  aggressive type of breast cancer in which the cancer cells block the
  lymph vessels in the skin of the breast; and
         WHEREAS, Individuals with IBC may experience such symptoms in
  their breasts as redness, swelling, shooting pain, persistent
  itching, and warmth, which may appear virtually overnight; and
         WHEREAS, IBC cases risk being misdiagnosed because the
  symptoms are similar to those of the benign breast infection
  mastitis, and delay of appropriate care often means a Stage IV
  diagnosis; and
         WHEREAS, Although IBC accounts for only one to five percent
  of all breast cancer cases, it has a faster doubling time than that
  of other breast cancers; moreover, the lack of expertise about IBC
  in the medical community and the cancer's resistance to treatment
  with standard chemotherapy drugs make the five-year median survival
  rate for IBC approximately 40 percent; and
         WHEREAS, IBC usually grows in nests or sheets without the
  usual lump women are told to look for, and because there is no lump,
  IBC is rarely detected by mammograms or ultrasounds; and
         WHEREAS, The treatment for IBC differs from other breast
  cancer treatments, and finding a physician with IBC-specific
  experience is essential; and
         WHEREAS, Increasing public understanding of inflammatory
  breast cancer is the first step toward fighting this devastating
  disease, and participating in Inflammatory Breast Cancer Awareness
  Month is one effective way to support that effort; now, therefore,
  be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
  Legislature hereby recognize October 2011 as Inflammatory Breast
  Cancer Awareness Month and encourage all Texans to learn more about
  IBC.
 
  Alvarado
 
 
Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison
 
Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr.
 
Allen Gooden Murphy
 
Alonzo Guillen Naishtat
 
Alvarado Gutierrez Nash
 
Anchia Hamilton Oliveira
 
Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr
 
Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto
 
Aycock Harless Parker
 
Beck Harper-Brown Patrick
 
Berman Hartnett Paxton
 
Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena
 
Bonnen Hilderbran Perry
 
Branch Hochberg Phillips
 
Brown Hopson Pickett
 
Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts
 
Burnam Howard of Travis Price
 
Button Huberty Quintanilla
 
Cain Hughes Raymond
 
Callegari Hunter Reynolds
 
Carter Isaac Riddle
 
Castro Jackson Ritter
 
Chisum Johnson Rodriguez
 
Christian Keffer Schwertner
 
Coleman King of Parker Scott
 
Cook King of Taylor Sheets
 
Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield
 
Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton
 
Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson
 
Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris
 
Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant
 
J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee
 
S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons
 
Deshotel Lavender Strama
 
Driver Legler Taylor of Collin
 
Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston
 
Dutton Lozano Thompson
 
Eiland Lucio III Torres
 
Eissler Lyne Truitt
 
Elkins Madden Turner
 
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
 
Farrar Margo Villarreal
 
Fletcher Marquez Vo
 
Flynn Martinez Walle
 
Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber
 
Gallego McClendon White
 
Garza Menendez Woolley
 
Geren Miles Workman
 
Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler
 
Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 1740 was adopted by the House on May 4,
  2011, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House