Bill Text: FL S0138 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Awareness Month/Day
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-05 - Died, not introduced [S0138 Detail]
Download: Florida-2023-S0138-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2023 (NP) SR 138
By Senator Berman
26-00351-23 2023138__
1 Senate Resolution
2 A resolution recognizing March 2023 as “Triple
3 Negative Breast Cancer Awareness Month” and March 3,
4 2023, as “Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Awareness Day”
5 in Florida.
6
7 WHEREAS, breast cancer is among the most commonly diagnosed
8 cancers and is the second leading cause of cancer death among
9 women in the United States, and
10 WHEREAS, some 287,850 women were diagnosed with breast
11 cancer in 2022 and more than 43,000 were expected to die from
12 this malignancy, and
13 WHEREAS, triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is one of
14 many forms of breast cancer and accounts for between 15 and 30
15 percent of all diagnosed invasive breast cancer cases
16 nationwide, and
17 WHEREAS, of the new breast cancer cases diagnosed in the
18 United States in 2019, more than 53,700 were TNBC, with higher
19 prevalence among younger women; black and Hispanic women; women
20 with type 2 diabetes or carrying excess weight in the abdominal
21 area; and those women with BRCA1 mutations, and
22 WHEREAS, due to its aggressive behavior, TNBC grows quickly
23 and is more likely to have spread by the time it is found and to
24 recur after treatment than other types of breast cancer, and
25 WHEREAS, people diagnosed with metastatic TNBC have less
26 than a 30 percent chance of surviving 5 years after diagnosis,
27 and
28 WHEREAS, TNBC cells do not contain and are considered
29 negative for the three key receptors that medicines typically
30 target in other types of breast cancers and, therefore, limited
31 treatment options are available to treat this cancer, and
32 WHEREAS, while patients with an early diagnosis can often
33 be treated with chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery, the
34 limited availability of therapies that specifically address the
35 management of TNBC has made treating this disease a challenge
36 for clinicians, and
37 WHEREAS, recent innovations in targeted therapies have
38 fueled advances in the fight against TNBC, and
39 WHEREAS, studies have shown that TNBC-disease-specific
40 mortality rates are often higher if patients are enrolled in
41 Medicaid or Medicare or have a lower socioeconomic status and
42 that black women are 48 percent less likely than non-Hispanic
43 white women to receive guideline-adherent care and have
44 approximately a twofold higher mortality incidence, resulting in
45 a disproportionately higher risk of death from TNBC, and
46 WHEREAS, advances in breast cancer screening and treatment
47 over the last few decades have reduced the overall breast cancer
48 mortality rate, yet the disproportionate impact of TNBC on
49 racial and ethnic minority communities raises considerations of
50 the underlying determinants driving the disparities, and
51 WHEREAS, it is necessary to promote TNBC education, to
52 raise awareness about the disease-related disparities, and to
53 tackle inequities within the health care delivery system, such
54 as inadequate access to screening, diagnostic testing, and care,
55 to improve early detection and survival, NOW, THEREFORE,
56
57 Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
58
59 That March 2023 is recognized as “Triple-Negative Breast
60 Cancer Awareness Month” and March 3, 2023, is recognized as
61 “Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Awareness Day” in Florida.
