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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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PROCLAIMING MARCH AS MULTIPLE MYELOMA MONTH IN THE | |
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Introduced By: Senators Lynch, and McCaffrey | |
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Date Introduced: March 06, 2013 | |
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Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar | |
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WHEREAS, Multiple myeloma (or myeloma) is the second most common blood cancer |
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worldwide and targets plasma cells in the bone marrow. It is called “multiple” because the cancer |
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can occur at multiple sites; and |
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WHEREAS, Multiple myeloma currently affects more than 100,000 people in the United |
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States, with an estimated 20,000 new cases diagnosed each year and 10,000 patients who lose |
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their battle with this disease annually; and |
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WHEREAS, Once known as a disease of the elderly, it is now being found in increasing |
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numbers in people under the age of sixty-five; and |
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WHEREAS, Because myeloma is a rare disease there can be a delayed diagnosis, leading |
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to delayed treatment. For this reason an increased awareness of myeloma for clinicians and the |
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general public will lead to earlier diagnosis, allowing people to live longer; and |
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WHEREAS, Continued investment and innovation are critical to achieve early diagnosis |
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and implement the most effective and safest treatments for myeloma patients; and |
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WHEREAS, Although important advances have occurred in the last decade, there is still |
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no cure for myeloma; now, therefore be it |
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RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
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hereby commits itself to increasing awareness of myeloma and encouraging private efforts to |
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enhance research funding and education programs; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That this Senate proclaims the month of March as “Multiple Myeloma |
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Month” in the State of Rhode Island and encourages all residents to participate in voluntary |
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activities to support myeloma education and the funding of research programs to find a cure; and |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
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transmit a copy of this resolution to the International Myeloma Foundation. |
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