PRINTER'S NO. 1334
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
211
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY CALTAGIRONE, DiGIROLAMO, READSHAW, FREEMAN, KORTZ,
HENNESSEY, LONGIETTI, BIZZARRO, BURNS, HILL-EVANS, JAMES,
BERNSTINE, SONNEY, NEILSON, MURT, THOMAS, MILLARD, RAPP,
WARREN, OBERLANDER, SAYLOR, RYAN, BENNINGHOFF, HOHENSTEIN AND
GILLEN, APRIL 9, 2019
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 9, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Designating May 17, 2019, 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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WHEREAS, Treatment primarily consists of radiation and
chemotherapy; and
WHEREAS, With treatment, the median survival time is only
nine months after diagnosis; and
WHEREAS, Brain tumors are the leading cause of cancer-related
death in children; and
WHEREAS, DIPG is the second most common malignant brain
tumor of childhood; and
WHEREAS, DIPG is the leading cause of childhood death due
to brain tumors; and
WHEREAS, According to the National Cancer Institute at the
National Institutes of Health, in 2014, approximately 15,780
children and adolescents were diagnosed with cancer; and
WHEREAS, Nearly 2,000 children and adolescents under 19 years
of age lose their lives to cancer every year; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate May 17,
2019, as "Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day" in
Pennsylvania.
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