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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. RES. 172 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Raising awareness for the sarcoma cancer chordoma. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 7 | 7 | | FEBRUARY27, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. J |
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| 9 | 9 | | OHNSONof Georgia (for himself, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. WILSONof Florida, |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. V |
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| 11 | 11 | | ELA´ZQUEZ, and Ms. NORTON) submitted the following resolution; |
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| 12 | 12 | | which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce |
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| 13 | 13 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 14 | 14 | | Raising awareness for the sarcoma cancer chordoma. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Whereas chordoma is a slow growing, yet aggressive bone |
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| 16 | 16 | | cancer of the skull and spine; |
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| 17 | 17 | | Whereas it strikes people of all ages and affects more than |
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| 18 | 18 | | 25,000 individuals worldwide; |
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| 19 | 19 | | Whereas, each year, thousands of people are diagnosed with |
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| 20 | 20 | | chordoma including about 300 people annually in the |
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| 21 | 21 | | United States; |
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| 22 | 22 | | Whereas chordomas are among the most complicated tumors |
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| 23 | 23 | | to treat due to involvement of critical structures such as |
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| 24 | 24 | | the brain stem, spinal cord, and important nerves and ar- |
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| 25 | 25 | | teries; |
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| 26 | 26 | | Whereas surgery or radiation performed by a skilled treat- |
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| 27 | 27 | | ment team can be curative for some patients, but even |
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| 31 | 31 | | with the best care possible, the recurrence rate remains |
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| 32 | 32 | | high; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | Whereas no drugs are known to cure or effectively control the |
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| 34 | 34 | | disease, meaning that patients whose disease progresses |
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| 35 | 35 | | after exhausting surgical and radiation options have little |
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| 36 | 36 | | hope for a full recovery: Now, therefore, be it |
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| 37 | 37 | | Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-1 |
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| 38 | 38 | | resentatives that chordoma patients and families need in-2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | creased funding and support for— 3 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (1) accurate and early diagnosis; 4 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (2) the development of new treatments, 5 |
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| 42 | 42 | | diagnostics, and cures; 6 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (3) fewer hurdles between research and new 7 |
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| 44 | 44 | | treatments; and 8 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (4) patient-centric approaches to drug discovery 9 |
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| 46 | 46 | | and development. 10 |
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