PRINTER'S NO. 1293
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
232
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY VULAKOVICH, ARGALL, AUMENT, BAKER, BARTOLOTTA,
BLAKE, BREWSTER, BROOKS, BROWNE, COSTA, DINNIMAN, FARNESE,
FOLMER, FONTANA, GREENLEAF, HUGHES, HUTCHINSON, KILLION,
MARTIN, MENSCH, RAFFERTY, RESCHENTHALER, SABATINA, SCAVELLO,
STREET, TARTAGLIONE, WAGNER, WARD, WHITE AND YUDICHAK,
OCTOBER 24, 2017
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, OCTOBER 24, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of November 2017 as "Pancreatic Cancer
Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, More than 53,000 people will be diagnosed with
pancreatic cancer this year in the United States, and 43,000
will die from the disease; and
WHEREAS, Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers in
the United States, with a near 90% mortality rate; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania ranks fifth in the nation for
pancreatic cancer diagnoses; and
WHEREAS, When symptoms of pancreatic cancer appear, it is
usually too late for an optimistic prognosis; and
WHEREAS, The average life expectancy of persons diagnosed
with metastatic disease is only three to six months; and
WHEREAS, The incidence of pancreatic cancer is higher in men
than in women and higher in African Americans than in other
ethnic groups; and
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