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Whereas breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women worldwide, with more than 1,300,000 diagnosed each year; 

Whereas breast cancer is the leading cause of death among 

women worldwide, more than 465,000 die from the disease each year, and a woman dies from breast cancer 

every 68 seconds; 
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Whereas there are more than 2,500,000 breast cancer survivors alive in the United States today, the largest group 

of all cancer survivors; 

Whereas a woman has a one-in-eight lifetime risk of developing breast cancer, and only a small percentage of cases 

are due to heredity; 

Whereas incidence rates for breast cancer are increasing by 

as much as five percent annually in low-resource countries; 

Whereas, since its inception, Susan G. Komen for the Cure 

has invested more than $1,300,000,000 in breast cancer 

research, education, and community health services that 

have raised awareness and improved treatment, helping 

more people survive the disease and creating a strong 

support community of breast cancer survivors; 

Whereas publicly and privately funded research has resulted 

in treatment that has raised the 5-year survival rate for 

women with localized breast cancer from 80 percent in 

the 1950s to 98 percent in 2008; 

Whereas the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Series is the 

organization’s signature program and is the world’s largest and most successful education and fundraising event 

for breast cancer; 

Whereas more than 120 Komen Race for the Cure events are 

held across the globe, raising significant funds and 

awareness for the fight against breast cancer; 

Whereas a record $3,700,000 from the 2008 Komen Race for 

the Cure was granted to 18 organizations in the National 

Capital area for 2009, a 10 percent increase over last 

year’s local funding; 
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Whereas these grants are awarded to projects dedicated to 

addressing gaps and unmet needs in breast health education and breast cancer screening and treatment in underserved populations throughout the National Capital 

area; 

Whereas 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the first Susan 

G. Komen National Race for the Cure in Washington, 

DC; 

Whereas this year the Susan G. Komen National Race for 

the Cure becomes the first-ever Susan G. Komen Global 

Race for the Cure, reflecting Komen’s global mission to 

end breast cancer wherever we find it, at home or abroad; 

and 

Whereas more than 50,000 participants, including 4,000 

breast cancer survivors and hundreds of congressional 

and Federal agency employees are expected for the 20th 

annual 5K run/walk on Saturday, June 6, 2009, on the 

National Mall: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That Congress— 

3 (1) remembers the lives of the women and men 

4 who have lost their fight with breast cancer and ex5 presses support and admiration for those who have 

6 survived; 

7 (2) congratulates those survivors, family, 

8 friends, and other community members who partici9 pate in the Global Race for the Cure in order to 

10 raise money for research and education so that 

11 many more may survive and encourages Americans 
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1 to walk this year and to support their family and 

2 friends who participate; and 

3 (3) honors the Susan G. Komen Global Race 

4 for the Cure for its impact on the National Capital 

5 Area, the Nation, and the world. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 3, 2009. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

111TH CONGRESS 

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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Honoring the 20th anniversary of the Susan G. 

other purposes. Race for the Cure on June 6, 2009, and for and its transition to the Susan G. Komen Global Komen Race for the Cure in the Nation’s Capital