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Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 98
BY SENATOR PETERSON
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To commend the Louisiana Cancer Control Partnership and their efforts to develop the
Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan for Louisiana.
WHEREAS, an estimated twenty-two thousand one hundred Louisiana residents
were diagnosed with cancer in 2009, according to the American Cancer Society; and
WHEREAS, eight thousand eight hundred Louisiana residents are estimated to have
died of cancer in 2009, according to the American Cancer Society; and
WHEREAS, according to the Louisiana Tumor Registry for the years 2002 through
2006, one out of every two males in Louisiana will be diagnosed with invasive cancer during
his lifetime and about one out of every three females, will be diagnosed with invasive cancer
during her lifetime; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Tumor Registry reports that of a total of forty-six
thousand five hundred ten residents of Louisiana died of cancer during the years 2002
through 2006, averaging over nine thousand cancer deaths per year; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana cancer mortality rates rank among the highest in the nation;
and
WHEREAS, cancer remains the second leading cause of death in Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, the mortality rate for all cancers combined was almost sixty percent
higher among males than females, with two hundred and seventy-nine male deaths for every
one hundred thousand men in Louisiana, and one hundred seventy-nine female deaths for
every one hundred thousand females in Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the Louisiana Cancer Control Partnership is to develop
the Louisiana Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan and to develop an effective infrastructure
and framework to facilitate the reduction of incidence and mortality from cancer in the state
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WHEREAS, Comprehensive Cancer Control Planning involves a partnership
between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Louisiana State University Health
Sciences Center School of Public Health, Louisiana Cancer and Lung Trust Fund Board,
Louisiana Tumor Registry, American College of Surgeons, Office of Public Health,
American Cancer Society, as well as public agencies, state academic and research
institutions, and community-based private and volunteer organizations whose missions are
to reduce the burden of these diseases, particularly in populations who suffer a
disproportionate share of cancer; and
WHEREAS, in an effort to be good stewards of the resources available to the
Louisiana Comprehensive Control Coalition Plan, the focus will be on the prevention and
control of cancers for which there is sound scientific evidence that interventions are effective
in reducing incidence and mortality, and the promotion and implementation of these
interventions.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend the members of the Louisiana Cancer Control Partnership for their efforts to
develop the Louisiana Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
Louisiana Cancer Control Partnership.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES