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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 901
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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join Texans across the state in observing October of 2011 as |
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Inflammatory Breast Cancer Awareness Month; and |
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WHEREAS, Inflammatory breast cancer is a type of breast |
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cancer in which cancer cells block the lymph vessels in the skin |
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of the breast; symptoms, which may appear overnight, are similar |
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to those of mastitis, a benign infection; this similarity |
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sometimes results in misdiagnoses and delays in treatment, and |
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such postponements in care often result in an eventual Stage IV |
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diagnosis; and |
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WHEREAS, Accounting for less than five percent of breast |
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cancer cases, inflammatory breast cancer is the most aggressive |
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form of the disease, due to its faster doubling time; its |
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five-year survival rate is approximately 40 percent, mainly |
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because of delays in diagnosis, the disease's resistance to |
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treatment with standard chemotherapy, and a lack of expertise in |
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treating this rare form of cancer; and |
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WHEREAS, Because it does not form the characteristic lump |
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that can alert women to the presence of breast cancer, |
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inflammatory breast cancer can quickly spread undetected |
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throughout the breast and is also rarely detected by mammograms |
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or ultrasounds; and |
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WHEREAS, The treatment of inflammatory breast cancer |
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differs from other breast cancer treatments, and early diagnosis |
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by a physician with experience in caring for inflammatory breast |
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cancer is essential; it is truly fitting that a month be set aside |
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to raise awareness about this devastating disease through |
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education of the general public and the medical community; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd |
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Legislature, hereby commend those who are working to fight |
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inflammatory breast cancer and call on Texans to observe October |
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of 2011 as Inflammatory Breast Cancer Awareness Month; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared in |
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honor of Inflammatory Breast Cancer Awareness Month. |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on May 4, 2011. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |