HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - PROCLAMATION - 11/05/2013 - PROCLAMATION DECLARING NOVEMBER AS PANCREATIC CANCPROCLAMATION
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, with approximately 500 deaths
in Colorado alone; and
WHEREAS, pancreatic cancer, 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 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, 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 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is the national organization serving
the pancreatic cancer community in Fort Collins and nationwide and supports 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 Fort Collins are enhanced
as a direct result of increased awareness about pancreatic cancer and research into early
detection, causes, and effective treatments.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Karen Weitkunat, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins do hereby
designate the month of November 2013 as
PANCREATIC CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
in Fort Collins.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 5th day of November, A.D. 2013.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk