Full Text of HR0183 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Modern medicine has made amazing advances in | 3 | | fighting pediatric cancer; pediatric cancer survivors are | 4 | | faced with a unique set of problems because of these advances; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Cure rates for pediatric cancers have risen | 7 | | dramatically during the past 20 years; it is estimated that one | 8 | | in every 900 people, ages 16 to 44, is a survivor of pediatric | 9 | | cancer; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Today, almost 70% of children that are diagnosed | 11 | | with brain cancer survive treatment; this statistic calls into | 12 | | focus the need to look at a child's quality of life in the | 13 | | years following treatment; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Pediatric cancer survivorship can come with a | 15 | | price in the form of long-term medical, financial, | 16 | | psychosocial, and/or neuro-cognitive problems due to | 17 | | chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The major expenses of a pediatric cancer diagnosis | 19 | | and treatment program are associated with the direct costs of | 20 | | medical care, including charges for hospitalizations, clinic | 21 | | visits, medications, tests and procedures, home health |
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| 1 | | services, services of doctors and other professionals, and | 2 | | treatment, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, | 3 | | and bone marrow or peripheral stem cell transplantation; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Even well-insured, middle-class families with | 5 | | health insurance can find themselves in financial distress | 6 | | because of a single catastrophic illness; even when insurance | 7 | | doesn't run out, health care costs can be staggering for the | 8 | | families of children with cancer; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois recognizes that amazing | 10 | | advances have been made in the treatment of pediatric cancer | 11 | | and survivor rates; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we designate the week of March 27 - April 2, 2011 as Pediatric | 15 | | Cancer Survivorship Week in the State of Illinois and urge the | 16 | | citizens of this State to show their support for those who have | 17 | | survived pediatric cancer.
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