[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 295 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 295

 Designating October 13, 2009, as ``National Metastatic Breast Cancer 
                            Awareness Day''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 30, 2009

Mr. Bayh (for himself, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Schumer, 
   Mr. Sanders, Mr. Risch, and Mr. Feingold) submitted the following 
    resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Designating October 13, 2009, as ``National Metastatic Breast Cancer 
                            Awareness Day''.

Whereas metastatic breast cancer refers to stage IV breast cancer, when cancer 
        cells travel from the breast, either through the bloodstream or the 
        lymphatic system, to other parts of the body, including the bones, 
        liver, lungs, or brain, and continue to grow in the new location;
Whereas in 2009, an estimated 192,370 women and 1,910 men in the United States 
        will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, and 62,280 women will be 
        diagnosed with in situ breast cancer;
Whereas nearly 30 percent of women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer will 
        develop stage IV advanced or metastatic breast cancer;
Whereas in developing countries, the majority of women with breast cancer are 
        diagnosed with advanced stage or metastatic disease;
Whereas the statistic that 155,000 women and men are presently living with 
        metastatic breast cancer in the United States underscores the immediate 
        need for increased public awareness;
Whereas there currently is no cure for metastatic breast cancer, and metastatic 
        breast cancer frequently involves trying one treatment after another 
        with the goal of extending the best quality of life as possible;
Whereas scientists and researchers are conducting important research projects to 
        achieve breakthroughs in metastatic breast cancer research;
Whereas metastatic breast cancer is rarely discussed during National Breast 
        Cancer Awareness Month, observed in October 2009, but those living with 
        the disease should never feel isolated or ignored;
Whereas metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day emphasizes the urgent need for 
        new, targeted breast cancer treatments that will provide a high quality 
        of life and long life expectancy for patients by making stage IV cancer 
        a chronic, but not fatal, disease; and
Whereas the Senate is an institution that can raise awareness in the general 
        public and the medical community of breast cancer: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates October 13, 2009, as ``National Metastatic 
        Breast Cancer Awareness Day'';
            (2) encourages all people of the United States to become 
        more informed and aware of metastatic breast cancer; and
            (3) respectfully requests the Secretary of the Senate to 
        transmit a copy of this resolution to the Metastatic Breast 
        Cancer Network.
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