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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTIO N 80 |
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| 5 | 5 | | October 10, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives DUCHOW, MACCO, ARMSTRONG, |
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| 6 | 6 | | BARE, DITTRICH, DONOVAN, DRAKE, EDMING, S. JOHNSON, KITCHENS, KRUG, |
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| 7 | 7 | | MAGNAFICI, NEDWESKI, O'CONNOR, OLDENBURG, ORTIZ-VELEZ, PENTERMAN, |
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| 8 | 8 | | RETTINGER, ROZAR, SCHUTT, SNYDER, SPIROS, STEFFEN, STUBBS, VINING, WITTKE |
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| 9 | 9 | | and MURPHY, cosponsored by Senators FELZKOWSKI, CARPENTER, NASS, ROYS, |
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| 10 | 10 | | SPREITZER and CABRAL-GUEVARA. Referred to Committee on Rules. |
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| 11 | 11 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 12 | 12 | | Relating to: proclaiming the month of October 2023 as Breast Cancer Awareness |
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| 13 | 13 | | Month. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Whereas, the National Cancer Institute estimates that 297,790 women in the |
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| 15 | 15 | | United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023, comprising over 15 |
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| 16 | 16 | | percent of all new cancer cases; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | Whereas, the National Cancer Institute estimates that 43,170 women in the |
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| 18 | 18 | | United States will die from breast cancer in 2023, comprising over 7 percent of all |
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| 19 | 19 | | cancer deaths; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | Whereas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 2,276 |
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| 21 | 21 | | men in the United States were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017, while 510 men |
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| 22 | 22 | | died from the disease; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | Whereas, the National Cancer Institute reported that the age-adjusted |
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| 24 | 24 | | incidence rate for breast cancer between 2016 and 2020 for Wisconsin women was |
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| 25 | 25 | | 134.6 cases per 100,000 people each year, which was about 6 percent higher than the |
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| 26 | 26 | | national incidence rate; and |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2023 - 2024 Legislature |
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| 45 | 45 | | Whereas, the American Cancer Society recommends that all women above the |
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| 46 | 46 | | age of 45 be screened with a mammogram at least once per year; and |
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| 47 | 47 | | Whereas, the early detection and diagnosis of breast cancer can improve the |
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| 48 | 48 | | odds that a person will survive breast cancer; and |
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| 49 | 49 | | Whereas, a study from the Radiological Society of North America attributed the |
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| 50 | 50 | | 40 percent decline in the national female breast cancer mortality rate between 1989 |
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| 51 | 51 | | and 2017 to the increased use of mammograms and improvements to treatment; and |
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| 52 | 52 | | Whereas, the Wisconsin Legislature has the opportunity to bring awareness to |
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| 53 | 53 | | this vital public health issue; now, therefore, be it |
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| 54 | 54 | | Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the members of the |
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| 55 | 55 | | Wisconsin Legislature proclaim the month of October 2023 as Breast Cancer |
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| 56 | 56 | | Awareness Month to promote awareness, early detection, and treatment of breast |
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| 57 | 57 | | cancer. |
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