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PROCLAMATION
DECLARING NOVEMBER PANCREATIC CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
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WHEREAS,
in 2013, an estimated 45,220 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the United States and 38,460 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 73 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 2013; 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
WHEREAS,
the U.S. Congress passes the Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act last year, which calls on the National Cancer Institute to develop scientific frameworks, or strategic plans for pancreatic
cancer and other deadly cancers, which will help provide the strategic direction and guidance needed to make true progress against those diseases; 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 2013 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 4th day of November, 2013.
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Mayor Sean
A. Becker