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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 863 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should 

be an increased Federal commitment to supporting the development 

of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection 

and treatment. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 12, 2006 

Mr. CUMMINGS (for himself, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, 

Mr. WYNN, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. CARDIN, Ms. WATERS, Mr. MEEKS of 

New York, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, 

Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. 

JEFFERSON, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. MEEK of 

Florida, Mr. CARTER, and Mrs. CAPPS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 

there should be an increased Federal commitment to 

supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment. 

Whereas the annual commemoration of Men’s Health Week 

during the week preceding Father’s Day gives new reason 

to consider the critical need to improve detection and 

treatment of prostate cancer; 


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Whereas prostate cancer has reached epidemic proportions 

and now strikes at least one in six American men, with 

African-American men having a 60 percent higher incidence rate than Caucasian men and a mortality rate 

twice as high; 

Whereas each year more than 230,000 American men are 

newly diagnosed with prostate cancer, more than 

1,500,000 men have biopsies, and around 30,000 men 

fall prey to this potential killer; 

Whereas it is important for men to take advantage of prostate cancer screening exams in order to detect the disease 

at the earliest opportunity, when it is still curable; 

Whereas a recent study funded by the National Cancer Institute demonstrated that the most common available methods of detecting prostate cancer, the PSA blood test and 

physical exams, are not foolproof—imaging would be another critical factor in the diagnosis and treatment of 

prostate cancer; 

Whereas the absence of advanced imaging technologies to detect and treat prostate cancer often can result in unnecessary and costly medical procedures that increase psychological and emotional trauma for American men and 

their families; 

Whereas, with imaging tools, millions of dollars could be 

saved in our public and private health care systems 

through improved detection and treatment; 

Whereas the lack of accurate imaging tools means that biopsies can miss cancer even when multiple samples are 

taken, and current treatments—either radical surgery or 

radiation—can leave 50 to 80 percent of men incontinent 

or impotent or both; 


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Whereas advanced imaging technologies could be combined 

with treatment tools to perform image-guided, minimally 

invasive and precisely targeted interventions, which will 

be performed in outpatient clinics with minimal discomfort, complications and costs and which will end the fear, 

pain, suffering and costs that prostate cancer causes men 

and their families; and 

Whereas breakthroughs in the diagnosis and treatment of 

breast cancer resulted from the development of advanced 

imaging technologies led by the Federal Government: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep2 resentatives that Congress and the Executive Branch 

3 should recognize the successful use of advanced imaging 

4 technologies in the fight against breast cancer and provide 

5 additional support for the research and development of 

6 technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment 

7 comparable to state-of-the-art mammograms. 

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