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 ,,unit$ ,,/ates  ,may #ad1 #bjad ,mrs4 
,fe9/e9 7= h]self & ,mr4 ,isakson7      
submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2 :i* 0     
ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ! ,judici>y   
,,resolution  ,recogniz+ ! importance ( 
canc] rese>* & ! contributions (        
sci5ti/s1 cl9icians1 & pati5t advocates 
across ! ,unit$ ,/ates :o are d$icat$ to
 f9d+ a cure = canc]1 & designat+ ,may  
#bjad z ,national ,canc] ,rese>* ,mon?4 
,:]eas 9 #bjad1 canc] rema9s "o ( ! mo/ 
press+ public heal? conc]ns 9 ! ,unit$  
,/ates2 ,:]eas 9 #bjad1 m ?an #a1fjj1jjj
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expect$ to be diagnos$ ) canc] & m ?an  
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#a 9 #b m5 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates w be       
diagnos$ ) canc] dur+ 8 lifetime1 & #a 9
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 approximately #a 9 e #d dea?s1 is !    
second mo/ common cause ( disease-relat$
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to become ! numb] #a disease-relat$     
kill] ( individuals 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates2  
,:]eas racial & e?nic m9orities1 z well 
z l[-income & eld]ly populations1       
cont9ue to suff] disproportionately 9   
canc] incid5ce1 preval5ce1 & mortality2 
,:]eas ! t]m canc] ref]s to m ?an #bjj  
diseases t collectively repres5t-- 7#a7 
! lead+ cause ( dea? = individuals 9 !  
,unit$ ,/ates "u ! age ( #he2 &  7#b7 ! 
second lead+ cause ( dea? = all         
individuals 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates2 ,:]eas   
canc] is expect$ to co/ ! ,unit$ ,/ates 
economy an e/imat$ #baf1jjj1jjj1jjj 9   
#bjad1 & ! economic burd5 ( canc] is    
expect$ to rise z ! numb] ( canc] dea?s 
increases2 ,:]eas ! ,unit$ ,/ates       
inve/m5t 9 canc] rese>* has yield$      
sub/antial advances 9 canc] rese>* & has
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e #a p]c5t decl9e 9 canc] mortality     
saves ! ,unit$ ,/ates economy           

#ejj1jjj1jjj1jjj2 ,:]eas advancem5ts 9  
und]/&+ ! causes1 me*anisms1 diagnoses1 
treatm5t1 & prev5tion ( canc] h l$ to   
cures = _m types ( canc] & h conv]t$ o!r
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conditions2 ,:]eas ! #e-ye> survival    
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#fe p]c5t 9 #bjaa1 improv+ betwe5 #aiha 
& #bjaa1 & m ?an #ac1gjj1jjj canc]      
survivors 7 liv+ 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates 9    
#bjaa2 ,:]eas !rapy & effective scre5+  
tools = "s types ( canc] rema9 elusive1 
& "s canc]s1 includ+ pancreatic1 liv]1  
lung1 ov>ian1 & bra9 canc]1 cont9ue to h
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#e-ye> survival rates t are typically   
less ?an #ej p]c5t2 ,:]eas p>tn]%ips    
among rese>* sci5ti/s1 ! g5]al public1  
canc] survivors1 pati5t advocates1      
philan?ropic organizations1 indu/ry1 &  
,f$]al1 ,/ate1 & local gov]nm5ts h l$ to
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tools t h increas$ survival rates1 & a  
bett] quality ( life = canc] survivors2 
,:]eas precision m$ic9e holds great     

promise 9 treat+ canc]2 & ,:]eas        
advances 9 canc] rese>* h _h significant
 implications = ! treatm5t ( o!r co/ly  
diseases1 su* z diabetes1 he>t disease1 
,alzheim]'s disease1 ,,hiv_/,,aids1 &   
macul> deg5]ation3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x  ,t 
! ,s5ate-- 7#a7 recognizes ! importance 
( canc] rese>* & ! invaluable           
contributions ( rese>*]s 9 ! ,unit$     
,/ates & ar\nd ! _w :o are d$icat$ to   
rev]s+ ! canc] epidemic2  7#b7          
designates ,may #bjad z ,national ,canc]
 ,rese>* ,mon?2 &  7#c7 supports ef=ts  
to e/abli% canc] rese>* z a national &  
int]national priority to ev5tually      
elim9ate ! m ?an #bjj diseases t        
collectively repres5t canc]4