PRINTER'S NO. 2207
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
482
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY ALLOWAY, KITCHEN, BAKER, BOSCOLA, ARGALL,
SABATINA, DINNIMAN, GREENLEAF, FARNESE, BREWSTER, SCAVELLO,
TEPLITZ, RESCHENTHALER, EICHELBERGER, YAW, FONTANA, COSTA,
WHITE, YUDICHAK, BARTOLOTTA, RAFFERTY AND KILLION,
OCTOBER 25, 2016
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, OCTOBER 25, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of November 2016 as "Pancreatic Cancer
Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, In 2016, an estimated 46,420 people will be
diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the United States and 39,590
people will die from the disease; and
WHEREAS, Pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest cancers, is
currently the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United
States and is projected to become the second deadliest cancer by
2020; and
WHEREAS, Pancreatic cancer is the only major cancer with a
five-year relative survival rate in the single digits at just
6%; and
WHEREAS, Pancreatic cancer symptoms generally present late
stage and 73% of pancreatic cancer patients die within the first
year of their diagnosis, while 94% of pancreatic cancer patients
die within the first five years; and
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