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WHEREAS, in 2016, an estimated 53,070 people in the United States will be diagnosed
with pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest cancers, and 41,780 will die from the disease, with
approximately 4,390 of those deaths occurring in Colorado; and
WHEREAS, pancreatic cancer surpassed breast cancer this year to become the third
leading cause of cancer death in the United States, and it is projected to become the second
leading cause by 2020, with an estimated 418,451 new pancreatic cancer cases diagnosed
worldwide in 2020; and
WHEREAS, pancreatic cancer is the only major cancer with a five-year relative survival
rate in the single digits at just eight percent; and
WHEREAS, pancreatic cancer is the seventh most common cause of cancer-related
death in men and women across the world; and
WHEREAS, when symptoms of pancreatic cancer present themselves, it is late stage,
and 71 percent of pancreatic cancer patients die within the first year of their diagnosis; 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, Wade Troxell, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby
designate the month of November 17, 2016 as
WORLD PANCREATIC CANCER DAY
in Fort Collins.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 15th day of November, A.D. 2016.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk