PRINTER'S NO. 167
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
44
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY CALTAGIRONE, ROZZI, MURT, READSHAW, TOOHIL,
DOWLING, SONNEY, DUSH, LONGIETTI, BAKER, NEILSON, DiGIROLAMO,
BOBACK, MILLARD, KINSEY, HENNESSEY, McNEILL, WARD, D. COSTA,
SCHWEYER, DeLUCA, MILNE AND KORTZ, JANUARY 25, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JANUARY 25, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Designating May 17, 2017, as "Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma
Awareness Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is a high-
grade glioma that originates in the brain stem; and
WHEREAS, Gliomas are malignant tumors that arise from glial
cells in the brain and spine; and
WHEREAS, DIPG occurs almost exclusively in children,
affecting approximately 200 to 400 children each year in the
United States; and
WHEREAS, The cause of DIPG is not currently known, and there
are no known factors or conditions that make DIPG more or less
likely to develop; and
WHEREAS, Survival rates are linked to how much of the tumor
can be removed; and
WHEREAS, Since DIPG is located in the middle of the brain
stem, surgical removal is rarely a treatment option; and
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