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WHEREAS, in 2012, an estimated 43,920 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the
United States and 37,390 will die from the disease; and
WHEREAS, pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, is the fourth leading cause of
cancer death in the United States, and is the only major cancer with a five -year relative survival rate in the
single digits at just six percent; and
WHEREAS, when symptoms of pancreatic cancer present themselves, it is late stage, and 74
percent of pancreatic cancer patients die within the first year of their diagnosis while 94 percent of
pancreatic cancer patients die within the first five years; and
WHEREAS, approximately 130 deaths will occur in Montana in 2012; and
WHEREAS, the city of Bozeman has lost many loved and respected citizens to pancreatic cancer
including the Honorable Judge Mark L. Guenther who passed away on November 14, 2003 at age 51; and
WHEREAS, the incidence and death rate for pancreatic cancer are increasing and pancreatic
cancer is anticipated to move from the fourth to the second leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. by
2020, and possibly as early 2015; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Government invests significantly less money in pancreatic cancer
research than it does in any of the other leading cancer killers; and pancreatic cancer research constitutes
only approximately 2 percent of the National Cancer Institute's federal research funding, a figure far too
low given the severity of the disease, its mortality rate, and how little is known about how to arrest it; and
WHEREAS, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is the national organization serving the
pancreatic cancer community in Bozeman and nationwide through a comprehensive approach that
includes public policy, research funding, patient services, and public awareness and education related to
developing effective treatments and a cure for pancreatic cancer; and
WHEREAS, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and its affiliates in Bozeman support those
patients currently battling pancreatic cancer, as well as to those who have lost their lives to the disease,
and are committed to nothing less than a cure; and
WHEREAS, the good health and well -being of the residents of Bozeman are enhanced as a direct
result of increased awareness about pancreatic cancer and research into early detection, causes, and
effective treatments; therefore be it resolved that the month of
November 2012 be designated "Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month" in Bozeman, Montana.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereto set my hand and cause the Great Seal of the City of Bozeman,
Montana to be affixed this 22nd day of October, 2012.
Mayor Sean A. Becker