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PANCREATIC CANCER AWARENESS WEEK PROCLAMATION WHEREAS: In 2010, more than 43,000 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the United States and nearly 37,000 will die from the disease; and WHEREAS: Approximately 290 deaths will occur in Idaho; and WHEREAS: Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States; and WHEREAS: The incidence of pancreatic cancer among African Americans is approximately 50 percent higher than in other racial groups; and WHEREAS: 75 percent of pancreatic cancer patients die within one year of their diagnosis and 94 percent die within the first five years; and WHEREAS: The survival rate has not significantly changed in nearly 40 years; and WHEREAS: Funding for pancreatic cancer research is reportedly just two percent of the National Cancer Institute’s federal research funding; and WHEREAS: The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network was founded in 1999 to advance research, influence policy, support patients, create hope, and increase public awareness about treatments and a cure; and WHEREAS: That nationwide nonprofit organization includes a North Idaho Affiliate, which is helping to promote the campaign, “Be a Hero in the Fight against Pancreatic Cancer: Know it. Fight it. End it.”; and WHEREAS: Awareness is the first step toward advancing research and improving funding to identify causes and facilitate prevention, early detection, effective treatment, and a cure for this disease; NOW THEREFORE, I, Nancy Chaney, Mayor of the City of Moscow, do hereby proclaim November 14-20, 2010 to be PANCREATIC CANCER AWARENESS WEEK and urge all citizens to become more aware of pancreatic cancer and to support scientific efforts to identify effective treatments and a cure for that disease. DATED this 1st day of November, 2010. Nancy Chaney, Mayor Copy Copy Copy