| | | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In 2014, the Illinois General Assembly found that breast cancer has a disproportionate and detrimental impact on African Americans under 40 years of age who have a greater incidence of breast cancer than White women of the same age and is the most common cancer among the Latin population. In 2021, the American Cancer Society (ACS) estimated that in the United States 281,550 new cases of invasive breast cancer and about 49,290 new cases of ductal carcinoma will be diagnosed; and about 43,600 patients will die from breast cancer. Based on the Illinois General Assembly findings in 2014, beginning in 2016, two years after the effective date of Public Act 98-479, the director of the Illinois Department of Public Health is required to provide for the planning and implementation of an education campaign to inform breast cancer patients, especially those in racial and ethnic minority groups, anticipating surgery regarding the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options. | | | | Date Created: | 01-24-2024 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000106166 Original UID: 212369 FIRST WORD: Breast | |
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