PRINTER'S NO. 2139
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
487
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY BLAKE, MENSCH, MARTIN, BOSCOLA, FONTANA,
BARTOLOTTA, EICHELBERGER, GREENLEAF, BREWSTER, SABATINA,
YUDICHAK, FARNESE, DINNIMAN AND KILLION, NOVEMBER 14, 2018
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, NOVEMBER 14, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of November 2018 as "Pancreatic Cancer
Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, "Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month" is being
observed in this Commonwealth to create awareness of pancreatic
cancer; and
WHEREAS, In 2018, an estimated 55,440 people will be
diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the United States, and
44,330 people 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
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