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1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY BARRY, FREVERT, BOGGESS, BUKTA, MERTZ, REYNOLDS,
1 3 GRUNDBERG, METCALF, BOAL, DE BOEF, TYMESON, PETERSEN,
1 4 ROBERTS, ATTEBERRY, ALONS, JACOBS, GARMAN,
1 5 WINCKLER, HOFFMAN, HORBACH, MASCHER, HOVERSTEN,
1 6 HANSEN, SMITH, SCHERRMAN, RANTS,
1 7 WEIDMAN, DOTZLER, GREIMANN, JENKINS, and SIEVERS
1 8 A Resolution designating March 6, 2001, as Breast Cancer
1 9 Awareness and Lymphedema D-Day.
1 10 WHEREAS, according to the National Cancer
1 11 Institute, a reported 8.5 million Americans are living
1 12 after a diagnosis of cancer, of which about 2 million
1 13 are breast cancer survivors; and
1 14 WHEREAS, approximately 2 million Americans suffer
1 15 from breast cancer today, with 182,800 new cases among
1 16 women and 1,400 new cases among men estimated to occur
1 17 annually; and
1 18 WHEREAS, breast cancer has touched the lives of
1 19 millions of American families; and
1 20 WHEREAS, breast cancer claims an American life
1 21 approximately every 12 minutes, with an estimated
1 22 40,800 women and 400 men succumbing in the year 2000
1 23 alone; and
1 24 WHEREAS, breast cancer is considered the most
1 25 commonly diagnosed cancer among women in every major
1 26 ethnic group in the United States; and
1 27 WHEREAS, medical research programs in the United
1 28 States have dedicated their efforts to finding a cure
1 29 for breast cancer; and
1 30 WHEREAS, such dedication to research means that
2 1 currently, early diagnosis and treatment of stage I or
2 2 II breast cancer results in five-year survival rates
2 3 of nearly 95 percent, a dramatic improvement from the
2 4 72 percent survival rate of the 1940s;
2 5 WHEREAS, many cancer patients, including breast,
2 6 prostate, gynecological, head, neck, and lung cancer,
2 7 and sarcoma and melanoma patients, suffer from
2 8 lymphedema, a painful and often debilitating side
2 9 effect of some cancers; and
2 10 WHEREAS, recent studies have indicated that 20
2 11 percent of breast cancer patients will develop
2 12 lymphedema after surgery and radiation; and
2 13 WHEREAS, lymphedema is an accumulation of lymphatic
2 14 fluid that causes swelling in the arms, legs, or other
2 15 areas of the body and affects both women and men; and
2 16 WHEREAS, the swelling caused by lymphedema can lead
2 17 to severe infection or loss of the use of limbs, and
2 18 patients suffering from lymphedema must endure
2 19 physical discomfort and disfigurement and cope with
2 20 the distress caused by these symptoms; and
2 21 WHEREAS, no drug or effective surgical treatment
2 22 for lymphedema currently exists; and
2 23 WHEREAS, research in all areas of lymphedema have
2 24 been notably limited; and
2 25 WHEREAS, lymphedema, which has no cure and can
2 26 occur anytime, has a severe financial, physical, and
2 27 psychological impact on patients; and
2 28 WHEREAS, each year on March 6, the National
2 29 Lymphedema Network sponsors Lymphedema D-Day to honor
2 30 patients and to raise awareness of the treatment and
3 1 severity of this condition; NOW THERFORE,
3 2 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
3 3 That the House of Representatives designates March 6,
3 4 2001, as Breast Cancer Awareness and Lymphedema D-Day.
3 5 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the House of
3 6 Representatives encourages the citizens of Iowa to
3 7 honor and support the courageous patients living and
3 8 coping with this debilitating condition.
3 9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the House of
3 10 Representatives honors those who have bravely fought
3 11 the battle against breast cancer and who are heroic
3 12 survivors.
3 13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the House of
3 14 Representatives gives both support and honor to those
3 15 courageous people who are at this time fighting the
3 16 battle against breast cancer, and recognizes with
3 17 honor and compassion those who have lost friends and
3 18 loved ones to this deadly disease.
3 19 LSB 2843HH 79
3 20 vl/pj/5.1
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