IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 353 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should 
be an increased Federal commitment supporting the development of 
innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection 
and treatment. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2007 
Mr. CUMMINGS (for himself, Mr. ISSA, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. 
TOWNS, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. GRIJALVA, and Mr. BURTON 
of Indiana) 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 sup-
porting 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; 
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 inci-
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dence 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 pros-
tate 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 Insti-
tute demonstrated that the most common available meth-
ods of detecting prostate cancer, the PSA blood test and 
physical exams, are not foolproof—imaging would be an-
other critical factor in the diagnosis and treatment of 
prostate cancer; 
Whereas the absence of advanced imaging technologies to de-
tect and treat prostate cancer often can result in unnec-
essary and costly medical procedures that increase psy-
chological 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 biop-
sies 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; 
Whereas advanced imaging technologies could be combined 
with treatment tools to perform image-guided, minimally 
invasive and precisely targeted interventions, which will 
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be performed in outpatient clinics with minimal discom-
fort, 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 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that Congress and the Executive Branch 
should recognize the successful use of advanced imaging 
technologies in the fight against breast cancer and provide 
additional support for the research and development of 
technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment 
comparable to state-of-the-art mammograms. 
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