Item 2A - Proclamationflroclamation
Declaring November 2014
AGENDA ITEM #2A
OCTOBER 27, 2014
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month in the City of Atlantic Beach
WHEREAS, in 2014, an estimated 46,420 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the United States
and 39,590 will die from the disease; and
WHEREAS, pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, is currently the fourth leading cause of cancer
death in the United States, and is projected to become the second by 2020; and
WHEREAS, pancreatic cancer 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 generally 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 2,890 deaths will occur in Florida in 2014; and
WHEREAS, the Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act was signed into law in 2013, which calls on the National
Cancer Institute to develop a scientific framework, 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, Carolyn Woods, Mayor of the City of Atlantic Beach, in recognition ofthis important
initiative, do hereby proclaim the month ofNovember 2014 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 2i" day of
October, 2014.
Carolyn Woods, MAYOR