Title
Proclamation for Pancreatic Awareness Month
Memorandum
PROCLAMATION
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
November 2014
WHEREAS, In 2014, an estimated 46,420 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the United States and 39,590 will die from the disease. Approximately 1,480 deaths will occur in Michigan in 2014; and
WHEREAS, Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers and is currently the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States and is projected to become the second by 2020. Pancreatic cancer 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 generally 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, the Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act was signed into law in 2013, which calls on the National Cancer Institute to develop a scientific framework, 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 these diseases; and
WHEREAS, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is the national organization serving the pancreatic cancer community in Ann Arbor 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 the City of Ann Arbor support those patients currently battling pancreatic cancer as well as 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 Ann Arbor are enhanced as a direct result of in...
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