Florida Senate - 2022 (NP) SR By Senator Berman 31-03025-22 20221982__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. Senate Resolution A resolution recognizing March as “Triple-2 Negative Breast Cancer Awareness Month” and March 3, 3 2022, as “Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Awareness Day” 4 in Florida. 5

WHEREAS, breast cancer is among the most commonly diagnosed cancers and is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the United States, and

WHEREAS, some 281,550 women were diagnosed with breast cancer in and nearly 43,600 were expected to die from this malignancy, and

WHEREAS, triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is one of many forms of breast cancer and accounts for between and 30 percent of all diagnosed invasive breast cancer cases nationwide, and

WHEREAS, of the new breast cancer cases diagnosed in the United States in 2019, more than 53,700 were TNBC, with higher prevalence among younger women; black and Hispanic women; women with type diabetes or carrying excess weight in the abdominal area; and those with BRCA1 mutations, and

WHEREAS, due to its aggressive behavior, TNBC grows quickly and is more likely to have spread by the time it is found and to recur after treatment than other types of breast cancer, and

WHEREAS, people diagnosed with metastatic TNBC have less than a percent chance of surviving years after diagnosis, 26 and

WHEREAS, TNBC cells do not contain and are considered negative for the three key receptors that medicines typically Florida Senate - 2022 (NP) SR 1982 31-03025-22 20221982__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. target in other types of breast cancers and, therefore, limited treatment options are available to treat this cancer, and

WHEREAS, while patients with an early diagnosis can often be treated with chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery , the limited availability of therapies that specifically address the management of TNBC has made treating this disease a challenge for clinicians, and

WHEREAS, recent innovations in targeted therapies have fueled advances in the fight against TNBC, and

WHEREAS, studies have shown that TNBC-disease-specific mortality rates are often higher if patients are enrolled in Medicaid or Medicare or have a lower socioeconomic status and that black women are percent less likely than non-Hispanic white women to receive guideline-adherent care and have approximately a twofold higher mortality incidence, resulting in a disproportionately higher risk of death from TNBC, and

WHEREAS, advances in breast cancer screening and treatment over the last few decades have reduced the overall breast cancer mortality rate, yet the disproportionate impact of TNBC on racial and ethnic minority communities raises considerations of the underlying determinants driving the disparities, and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to promote TNBC education, to raise awareness about the disease-related disparities, and to tackle inequities within the health care delivery system, such as inadequate access to screening, diagnostic testing, and care, 54 to improve early detection and survival,

NOW, THEREFORE, 55

Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida: 57 Florida Senate - 2022 (NP) SR 1982 31-03025-22 20221982__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. That March is recognized as “Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Awareness Month” and March 3, 2022, is recognized as 60 “Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Awareness Day” in Florida. 61