IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION supporting the efforts of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network to promote awareness of pancreatic cancer and declaring November 13, 2015, as "World Pancreatic Cancer Day" in Jackson County.
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RESOLUTION NO. 18976, October 26, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Crystal Williams, Dan Tarwater III, Frank White Jr., Tony Miller, Scott Burnett, Alfred Jordan, Dennis Waits, Greg Grounds and Theresa Galvin, County Legislators
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WHEREAS, in 2015, an estimated 48,960 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the United States and 40,560 will die from the disease; and,
WHEREAS, pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, currently the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States, and projected to become the second by 2020; and,
WHEREAS, pancreatic cancer is the only major cancer with a five-year relative survival rate in the single digits, at just seven 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 93 percent of pancreatic cancer patients die within the first five years; and,
WHEREAS pancreatic cancer is the seventh most common cause of cancer-related death in men and women across the world; and,
WHEREAS, approximately 860 pancreatic cancer deaths will occur in Missouri in 2015, and there will be an estimated 367,000 new pancreatic cancer cases diagnosed globally in 2015; and,
WHEREAS, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is the national organization serving the pancreatic cancer community, through a comprehensive approach that includes public policy development, research funding, patient service, and public awareness related to developing effective treatments and a cure for pancreatic cancer; and,
WHEREAS, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and its affiliates in Jackson County suppo...
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