Bill Text: OH SCR24 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: To declare November 2013 as "Pancreatic Cancer
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 22-14)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-12-11 - Concurrence [SCR24 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-SCR24-Comm_Sub.html
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Senator Bacon
Cosponsors:
Senators Patton, Schaffer, Burke, Beagle, Uecker, Jones, Eklund, Smith, Kearney, Cafaro, Gentile, Brown, Coley, Faber, Gardner, Hite, Hughes, Jordan, LaRose, Lehner, Manning, Oelslager, Peterson, Sawyer, Schiavoni, Skindell, Tavares, Turner, Widener
Representatives Hottinger, Brown, Antonio, Bishoff, Johnson, Ramos
To declare November 2013 as "Pancreatic Cancer | 1 |
Awareness Month." | 2 |
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING):
WHEREAS, Pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly cancers. | 3 |
In 2013, an estimated 45,000 people in the United States will be | 4 |
diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and more than 38,000 will die | 5 |
from the disease; and | 6 |
WHEREAS, Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of | 7 |
cancer death in the United States. It is the only major cancer | 8 |
with a five-year survival rate of just six per cent; and | 9 |
WHEREAS, In 2013, approximately 1,600 Ohioans will die from | 10 |
pancreatic cancer; and | 11 |
WHEREAS, Symptoms of pancreatic cancer often do not occur | 12 |
until the cancer is at an advanced stage. Approximately | 13 |
seventy-three per cent of pancreatic cancer patients die within | 14 |
the first year of diagnosis and ninety-four per cent of patients | 15 |
die within the first five years of diagnosis; and | 16 |
WHEREAS, The incidence of and mortality rate for pancreatic | 17 |
cancer is increasing. By 2020, it is estimated that pancreatic | 18 |
cancer will move from the fourth to the second leading cause of | 19 |
cancer death in the United States; and | 20 |
WHEREAS, In 2012, the United States Congress enacted the | 21 |
"Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act," which requires the National | 22 |
Cancer Institute to develop a scientific framework for conducting | 23 |
research on pancreatic cancer and other deadly cancers; and | 24 |
WHEREAS, The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is a national | 25 |
organization serving individuals with pancreatic cancer through a | 26 |
comprehensive approach, including promoting the enactment of | 27 |
public policy initiatives, increasing funding for pancreatic | 28 |
cancer research, providing services and support to individuals | 29 |
with pancreatic cancer, and increasing public awareness and | 30 |
education regarding effective treatments and a cure for pancreatic | 31 |
cancer; and | 32 |
WHEREAS, The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and its | 33 |
affiliates in Ohio support individuals currently battling | 34 |
pancreatic cancer and are committed to finding a cure for this | 35 |
devastating disease; and | 36 |
WHEREAS, The good health and well-being of the residents of | 37 |
Ohio are enhanced due to increased awareness of pancreatic cancer | 38 |
and conducting research on early detection, causes, and effective | 39 |
treatments; now therefore be it | 40 |
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly | 41 |
of the State of Ohio, in adopting this resolution, declare | 42 |
November 2013 as "Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month" in the State | 43 |
of Ohio; and be it further | 44 |
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly | 45 |
authenticated copies of this resolution to the news media of Ohio. | 46 |