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PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING NOVEMBER AS PANCREATIC CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY 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 2,770 deaths will occur in Florida in 2013; and WHEREAS, the incidence t and death rate for he second leading causeofpancreatic cancer death in the United States by 2020!ancancer is anticipated to move from the fourth WHEREAS, the United States Congress passed the Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act last year, which calfs on pancr the National Cancer Institute to develop he gtific orks, or and guidancec plans,needed for makeetrue progress againstdeadly e cancers, which will help provide strategic direction diseases; and WHEREAS, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is the national organization serving the pancreatic cancer community in Indian River County d nationwide through in research funding, patient service o public awareness and education related to developing effective treatmentshensive approach that includespublic and a cure for pancreatic cancer; and WHEREAS, the Pancreatic Action Network and its affiliates in Indian River County 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 fess than a cure; and ll-being of the residents of Indian River County are enhanced as a direct WHEREAS, the good health and we result of increased awareness about pancreatic cancer and research into early detection, causes, and effective treatments. LAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROC of November is "Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month" in Indian River RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA that the month County. Adopted this 19th day of November, 2013 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA v h E. Flescher, Chairman AVER Co avi is _Ckhai an *C. i' Peter D. O'Bryan Bob Sol Ti or 13