'Ending Cervical Cancer in our Lifetime'National Lieutenant Governors Association
ILLINOIS
'Ending Cervical Cancer in our Lifetime'
National Lieutenant Governors Association
ILLINOIS
STATE OF ILLINOIS
OFFICE OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PAT QUINN
TO: All Media
FROM: Lt. Governor Pat Quinn (o) 312-814-5220; (cell) 312-485-1852
Kerry Lofton 773-879-7709; Sean Vinck 312-493-0571; Jen Hoelzle 312-814-4220
WHAT: Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn joins Sen. Pamela Althoff, Rep. Karen May, Rep.
Patricia Bellock, and the Conference of Women Legislators to end cervical
cancer.
WHEN: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at 11:00 a.m.
WHERE: State Capitol, Blue Room
Springfield
Lt. Governor Pat Quinn teams up with the Conference of Women Legislators in a
national, bipartisan effort to ‘end cervical cancer in our lifetime’
SPRINGFIELD – A national campaign to end cervical cancer is gaining momentum in
Illinois, with Lt. Governor Pat Quinn partnering with the Conference of Women
Legislators to distribute more than 10,000 informational brochures and awareness
bracelets across the state as part of the Ending Cervical Cancer in Our Lifetime
initiative of the National Lieutenant Governors Association.
“Half the battle in defeating this disease is getting the word out that cervical
cancer is treatable and curable if caught at an early stage,” Quinn said at an
11:00 a.m. news conference in the State Capitol Blue Room. “We want to salute
the National Lieutenant Governors Association and the Conference of Women
Legislators for educating us all and encouraging women everywhere to get
screened for cervical cancer.”
In Illinois alone more than 640 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer
this year and 190 women will die from the disease. Almost all of these deaths
are preventable with early detection and treatment.
Lt. Governor Quinn joined Sen. Pamela Althoff (R-Crystal Lake), Rep. Karen May
(D-Highland Park) and Rep. Patricia Bellock (R-Hinsdale) to announce that the
Lt. Governor’s office will join with the Conference of Women Legislators to end
cervical cancer. The bipartisan partnership will help women understand their
prevention and detection options, with lawmakers distributing informational
brochures and bracelets across the state.
"Prevention and awareness have led to a decrease in the number of women impacted
by cervical cancer," said Althoff, co-chair of the Conference of Women
Legislators. "By making more women aware of how effective yearly examinations
are, we can prevent even more women from being diagnosed with this disease."
"As members of the Conference of Women Legislators, we want to encourage
awareness of cervical cancer preventative screenings,” said Rep. Karen May,
co-chair of the Conference of Women Legislators. “Cervical cancer is the easiest
female cancer to prevent with regular screenings and is highly curable if found
and treated early."
The National Lieutenant Governors Association has made cervical cancer awareness
a top priority of the Lieutenant Governors across the nation, launching the
Ending Cervical Cancer in Our Lifetime campaign to help every woman get screened
for the disease.
To learn more about Ending Cervical Cancer in Our Lifetime visit:
StandingUpForIllinois.org.
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State of Illinois
Office of Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn
TO: All Media
FROM: Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn (o) 312-814-5220, (cell) 312-485-1852
LaDawn Burnett: (c) 312-375-1763; Elizabeth Norden: (o)
312-814-5939; Kerry Lofton: (o) 312-814-4866
RE: Illinois Joins 10-State Campaign to “End Cervical Cancer in
Our Lifetime”
WHAT: Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn joins
with Olympic Star Jackie Joyner-Kersee – America’s greatest female athlete – to
urge
every Illinois woman to get screened for cervical cancer
According to the American Cancer Society, Illinois is projected to
have the 5th highest number of newly diagnosed invasive cervical cancer cases in
2005
WHEN: Tuesday, October 10, 2006, 10:00 a.m.
WHERE: James R. Thompson Center
Blue Room – 15th Floor 100 W. Randolph St. Chicago, IL
Thousands of educational packets on cervical cancer will be distributed
statewide
This Tuesday, October 10 at 10:00 a.m., Lt. Governor Pat Quinn will join
Olympic Star Jackie Joyner-Kersee – America’s greatest female athlete – to urge
every Illinois woman to get screened for cervical cancer. Illinois is one of
10 states embarking on the campaign to “End Cervical Cancer in Our Lifetime”
through the National Lieutenant Governors Association. The other states include:
Colorado, Delaware, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico,
Pennsylvania, and Utah.
Cervical cancer is caused by certain “high risk” strains of a virus called human
papillomavirus (HPV). There are more than 100 different strains of HPV and an
estimated 20 million Americans are infected with the virus. While most genital
HPV strains clear on their own through a person’s natural immune response, the
“high risk” HPV strains can cause abnormal cervical cells and cervical cancer.
“In Illinois, my home state, more than 640 women will be
diagnosed with cervical cancer this year and 190 will die from it,” said Jackie
Joyner-Kersee, who grew up in East St. Louis, Illinois. “Cervical cancer affects
women of all ages, races, and backgrounds – and it’s time we join together and
work towards ending this disease.”
“Cervical cancer is detectable, treatable, and curable if found at an early
stage,” said Quinn. “I urge every woman in our state to visit her health care
provider and be screened for cervical cancer.” Quinn and Joyner-Kersee urge
uninsured Illinois women to sign up under Governor Blagojevich’s recently
expanded Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program which gives thousands of
women access to free screenings and treatment for breast and cervical cancer.
For more information, visit
www.cancerscreening.illinois.gov or call the Women’s Health-Line at
888-522-1282 or for TTY (hearing impaired use only), 800-547-0466. In the past
forty years, with the widespread use of the pap smear, the rate of cervical
cancer deaths in the United States has dropped significantly. However, more than
9,700 American women are expected to develop cervical cancer this year, and
approximately 3,700 will die from it.
Joyner-Kersee, known as the First Lady of Track and Field, has used her position
to raise awareness about a number of issues affecting the people of Illinois.
Hailed as the best all-around female athlete in the world, Joyner-Kersee has won
six Olympic medals: three gold, one silver, and two bronze. She holds the
American record for the long jump and with her score of 7,161, Joyner-Kersee was
the first woman to earn more than 7,000 points in the heptathlon and has held
the heptathlon world record since 1986. Joyner-Kersee is the most decorated
woman in U.S. Olympic Track and Field history.
Quinn will also be joined by State Sen. Debbie Halvorson (D-Crete) and Jan
Costello, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Women’s Health at the Illinois
Department of Public Health. For more information on free screenings for
cervical cancer, visit Lt. Governor Quinn’s website:
www.KeepingIllinoisHealthy.org. ###
State of Illinois
Office of Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn
TO: All Media
FROM: Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn (o) 312-814-5220, (cell) 312-485-1852
LaDawn Burnett: (c) 312-375-1763; Elizabeth Norden:
(o) 312-814-5939; Kerry Lofton: (o) 312-814-4866
RE: Illinois Joins 10-State Campaign to “End Cervical Cancer in
Our Lifetime”
WHAT: Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn joins with East St. Louis’ homegrown
Olympic Star, Jackie Joyner-Kersee – America’s
greatest female athlete – to urge every Illinois woman to get screened for
cervical cancer
According to the American Cancer Society, Illinois is
projected to have the 5th highest number of newly diagnosed invasive cervical
cancer cases in 2005
WHEN: Tuesday, October 10, 2006, 2:30 p.m.
WHERE: Eastside Health District 650 N. 20th Street East
St. Louis, IL
Thousands of educational packets on cervical cancer will be distributed
statewide
This Tuesday, October 10 at 2:30 p.m., Lt. Governor Pat Quinn will join
with East St. Louis’ homegrown Olympic Star, Jackie Joyner-Kersee – America’s
greatest female athlete – to urge every Illinois woman to get screened for
cervical cancer. Illinois is one of 10 states embarking on the campaign to
“End Cervical Cancer in Our Lifetime” through the National Lieutenant Governors
Association. The other states include: Colorado, Delaware, Kentucky, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Utah. Cervical cancer is
caused by certain “high risk” strains of a virus called human papillomavirus (HPV).
There are more than 100 different strains of HPV and an estimated 20 million
Americans are infected with the virus. While most genital HPV strains clear on
their own through a person’s natural immune response, the “high risk” HPV
strains can cause abnormal cervical cells and cervical cancer.
“In Illinois, my home state, more than 640 women will be diagnosed with cervical
cancer this year and 190 will die from it,” said Jackie Joyner-Kersee. “Cervical
cancer affects women of all ages, races, and backgrounds – and it’s time we join
together and work towards ending this disease.”
“Cervical cancer is detectable, treatable, and
curable if found at an early stage,” said Quinn. “I urge every woman in our
state to visit her health care provider and be screened for cervical cancer.”
Quinn and Joyner-Kersee urge uninsured Illinois women to sign up under Governor
Blagojevich’s recently expanded Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program
which gives thousands of women access to free screenings and treatment for
breast and cervical cancer. For more information, visit
www.cancerscreening.illinois.gov or call the Women’s Health-Line at
888-522-1282 or for TTY (hearing impaired use only), 800-547-0466. In the past
forty years, with the widespread use of the pap smear, the rate of cervical
cancer deaths in the United States has dropped significantly. However, more than
9,700 American women are expected to develop cervical cancer this year, and
approximately 3,700 will die from it.
Joyner-Kersee, known as the First Lady of Track and Field, has used her position
to raise awareness about a number of issues affecting the people of Illinois.
Hailed as the best all-around female athlete in the world, Joyner-Kersee has won
six Olympic medals: three gold, one silver, and two bronze. She holds the
American record for the long jump and with her score of 7,161, Joyner-Kersee was
the first woman to earn more than 7,000 points in the heptathlon and has held
the heptathlon world record since 1986. Joyner-Kersee is the most decorated
woman in U.S. Olympic Track and Field history.
Quinn will also be joined by Elizabeth Patton, R.N., Administrator for Eastside
Health District and Jean Becker, R.N., Quality Assurance Nurse with the Illinois
Breast and Cervical Cancer Program at the Illinois Department of Public
Health. For more information on free screenings for cervical cancer, visit
Lt. Governor Quinn’s website:
www.KeepingIllinoisHealthy.org. # # # #
State of Illinois
Office of Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn
TO: All Media
FROM: Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn (o) 312-814-5220, (cell) 312-485-1852
LaDawn Burnett: (c) 312-375-1763; Elizabeth Norden: (o)
312-814-5939; Kerry Lofton: (o) 312-814-4866
RE: Illinois Joins 10-State Campaign to “End Cervical Cancer in
Our Lifetime”
WHAT: Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn joins with Olympic Star Jackie Joyner-Kersee
– America’s greatest female athlete – to urge
every Illinois woman to get screened for cervical cancer
According to the American Cancer Society, Illinois is projected to have the 5th
highest number of newly diagnosed invasive cervical cancer cases in 2005
WHEN: Tuesday, October 10, 2006, 12:30 p.m.
WHERE: SIU School of Medicine 801 N. Rutledge
Springfield, IL
Thousands of educational packets on cervical cancer will be distributed
statewide
This Tuesday, October 10 at 12:30 p.m., Lt. Governor Pat Quinn will join
Olympic Star Jackie Joyner-Kersee – America’s greatest female athlete – to urge
every Illinois woman to get screened for cervical cancer.
Illinois is one of 10 states embarking on the campaign to “End Cervical Cancer
in Our Lifetime” through the National Lieutenant Governors Association. The
other states include: Colorado, Delaware, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Utah. Cervical cancer is caused by
certain “high risk” strains of a virus called human papillomavirus (HPV). There
are more than 100 different strains of HPV and an estimated 20 million Americans
are infected with the virus. While most genital HPV strains clear on their own
through a person’s natural immune response, the “high risk” HPV strains can
cause abnormal cervical cells and cervical cancer.
“In Illinois, my home state, more than 640 women will be diagnosed with cervical
cancer this year and 190 will die from it,” said Jackie Joyner-Kersee, who grew
up in East St. Louis, Illinois. “Cervical cancer affects women of all ages,
races, and backgrounds – and it’s time we join together and work towards ending
this disease.”
“Cervical cancer is detectable, treatable, and curable if found at an early
stage,” said Quinn. “I urge every woman in our state to visit her health care
provider and be screened for cervical cancer.”
Quinn and Joyner-Kersee urge uninsured Illinois women to sign up under Governor
Blagojevich’s recently expanded Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program
which gives thousands of women access to free screenings and treatment for
breast and cervical cancer. For more information, visit
www.cancerscreening.illinois.gov or call the Women’s Health-Line at
888-522-1282 or for TTY (hearing impaired use only), 800-547-0466.
In the past forty years, with the widespread use of the pap smear, the rate of
cervical cancer deaths in the United States has dropped significantly. However,
more than 9,700 American women are expected to develop cervical cancer this
year, and approximately 3,700 will die from it. Joyner-Kersee, known as the
First Lady of Track and Field, has used her position to raise awareness about a
number of issues affecting the people of Illinois. Hailed as the best all-around
female athlete in the world, Joyner-Kersee has won six Olympic medals: three
gold, one silver, and two bronze. She holds the American record for the long
jump and with her score of 7,161, Joyner-Kersee was the first woman to earn more
than 7,000 points in the heptathlon and has held the heptathlon world record
since 1986. Joyner-Kersee is the most decorated woman in U.S. Olympic Track and
Field history.
Quinn will also be joined by Dr. Stewart Massad, Associate Professor & Chief,
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at SIU
School of Medicine and Chris Carter, R.N., Policy Supervisor with the Illinois
Breast and Cervical Cancer Program at the Illinois Department of Public
Health. For more information on free screenings for cervical cancer, visit
Lt. Governor Quinn’s website:
www.KeepingIllinoisHealthy.org.