Agenda Item 2AAGENDA ITEM # 2A
OCTOBER I4, 2013
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Declaring November 2013
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month in the City of Atlantic Beach
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 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 U.S. Congress passed the Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act last year, which calls on the
National Cancer Institute to develop a scientific frameworks, or strategic plans, for pancreatic cancer and other deadly
cancers, which will help provide the strategic direction and guidance needed to make true progress against these diseases;
and
WHEREAS, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is the national organization serving the pancreatic cancer
community in the City of Atlantic Beach and nationwide through a comprehensive approach that includes public policy,
research funding, patient services, and public awareness and education related to developing effective treatments and a
cure for pancreatic cancer; and
WHEREAS, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and its affiliates in the City of Atlantic Beach 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 less than a cure; and
WHEREAS, the good health and well -being of the residents of the City of Atlantic Beach are enhanced as a
direct result of increased awareness about pancreatic cancer and research into early detection, causes, and effective
treatments.
NOW, 'THEREFORE, I, Mike Borno, Mayor of the City of Atlantic Beach, in recognition of this important
initiative, do hereby proclaim the month of November 2013 as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month in the City of Atlantic
Beach.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and caused the Official Seal
of the City of Atlantic Beach to be affixed this 14th
day of October, 2013.
Mike Borno, MAYOR