To declare November 2013 as "Pancreatic Cancer | 1 |
Awareness Month." | 2 |
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 |