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<br /> i; Declaring the month of November"Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month"in the City of New Brighton. =-
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<br /> t, - WHEREAS in 2012,an estimated 44,920 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the United ��t f
<br /> - States and 40,390 will die from the disease; .y ..'
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<br /> '� WHEREAS pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers,is the fourth leading cause of cancer death .4,;4.
<br /> in the United States,and is the only major cancer with a five-year relative survival rate in the single digits t)7,,,....1 k at just six percent; `"')
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<br /> , . ' WHEREAS when symptoms of pancreatic cancer present themselves,it is late stage,and 74 percent of 1 ':'
<br /> �1, rt pancreatic cancer patients die within the first year of their diagnosis while 94 percent of pancreatic cancer .
<br /> ,, b patients die within the first five years;
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<br /> - "_,,,r-� WHEREAS approximately 650 deaths will occur in Minnesota in 2012; )< <
<br /> ',1%,'V WHEREAS the incidence and death rate for pancreatic cancer are increasing and pancreatic cancer is ° '',
<br /> anticipated to move from the fourth to the second leading cause of cancer death in the U.S.by 2020,and : yam
<br /> possibly as early 2015; `°'
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<br /> yz WHEREAS the Federal Government invests significantly less money in pancreatic cancer research than it
<br /> t1 does in any of the other leading cancer killers; and pancreatic cancer research constitutes only
<br /> •'••t approximately 2 percent of the National Cancer Institute's federal research funding,a figure far too low ,i
<br /> given the severity of the disease,its mortality rate,and how little is known about how to arrest it,ands' J
<br /> 1;'` how to treat it successfully; F'1`
<br /> r l• WHEREAS the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is the national organization serving the pancreatic
<br /> �;_;1;21- cancer community indShoreview and nationwide through a )/, LA
<br /> comprehensive approach that includes public : ,}olic researchfimdin atient servicesand ublicawareness and education related to develo m ' •' '.1 ; l; p Y� g�p P P g 1 i
<br /> . �'10r effective treatments and a cure for pancreatic cancer; _ >.
<br /> WHEREAS the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and its affiliates in New Brighton support those
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<br /> �/ . patients currently battling pancreatic cancer,as well as to those who have lost their lives to the disease, _{ `�
<br /> .r-J{1". t and are committed to nothing less than a cure; f = J
<br /> `,,f,EEE WHEREAS the good health and well-being of the residents of New Brighton are enhanced as a direct
<br /> 1 result of increased awareness about pancreatic cancer and research into early detection,causes,and
<br /> r r effective treatments;therefore be it Resolved that the City Council designate the month of November .--�,).':_t.',.:1,0,',, /'
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<br /> t =j, 4c 2012 as"Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month"in the City of New Brighton. ):1%;:il
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<br /> IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I David Jacobsen - Mayor have ,,.
<br /> hereunto set myhand and caused the Seal ofthe Cityof New :'':.i1:,
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<br /> r Brighton,Minnesota to be affixed this 13`h day ofNovember, .
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