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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare but very |
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aggressive type of breast cancer in which the cancer cells block the |
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lymph vessels in the skin of the breast; and |
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WHEREAS, Individuals with IBC may experience such symptoms in |
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their breasts as redness, swelling, shooting pain, persistent |
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itching, and warmth, which may appear virtually overnight; and |
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WHEREAS, IBC cases risk being misdiagnosed because the |
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symptoms are similar to those of the benign breast infection |
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mastitis, and delay of appropriate care often means a Stage IV |
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diagnosis; and |
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WHEREAS, Although IBC accounts for only one to five percent |
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of all breast cancer cases, it has a faster doubling time than that |
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of other breast cancers; moreover, the lack of expertise about IBC |
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in the medical community and the cancer's resistance to treatment |
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with standard chemotherapy drugs make the five-year median survival |
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rate for IBC approximately 40 percent; and |
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WHEREAS, IBC usually grows in nests or sheets without the |
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usual lump women are told to look for, and because there is no lump, |
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IBC is rarely detected by mammograms or ultrasounds; and |
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WHEREAS, The treatment for IBC differs from other breast |
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cancer treatments, and finding a physician with IBC-specific |
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experience is essential; and |
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WHEREAS, Increasing public understanding of inflammatory |
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breast cancer is the first step toward fighting this devastating |
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disease, and participating in Inflammatory Breast Cancer Awareness |
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Month is one effective way to support that effort; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize October 2011 as Inflammatory Breast |
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Cancer Awareness Month and encourage all Texans to learn more about |
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IBC. |
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Alvarado |
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Straus |
Gonzales of Williamson |
Morrison |
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Aliseda |
Gonzalez |
Munoz, Jr. |
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Anderson of Dallas |
Hancock |
Orr |
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Anderson of McLennan |
Hardcastle |
Otto |
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Beck |
Harper-Brown |
Patrick |
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Bohac |
Hernandez Luna |
Pena |
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Burkett |
Howard of Fort Bend |
Pitts |
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Burnam |
Howard of Travis |
Price |
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Button |
Huberty |
Quintanilla |
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Callegari |
Hunter |
Reynolds |
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Christian |
Keffer |
Schwertner |
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Coleman |
King of Parker |
Scott |
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Cook |
King of Taylor |
Sheets |
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Craddick |
King of Zavala |
Sheffield |
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Creighton |
Kleinschmidt |
Shelton |
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Crownover |
Kolkhorst |
Simpson |
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Darby |
Kuempel |
Smith of Harris |
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Davis of Dallas |
Landtroop |
Smith of Tarrant |
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J. Davis of Harris |
Larson |
Smithee |
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S. Davis of Harris |
Laubenberg |
Solomons |
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Driver |
Legler |
Taylor of Collin |
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Dukes |
Lewis |
Taylor of Galveston |
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Farias |
Mallory Caraway |
Veasey |
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Frullo |
Martinez Fischer |
Weber |
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Giddings |
Miller of Comal |
Zedler |
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Gonzales of Hidalgo |
Miller of Erath |
Zerwas |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1740 was adopted by the House on May 4, |
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2011, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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