RESOLUTION
Declaring November 17 as "World Pancreatic Cancer Day" in the City of Chicago.
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;
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;
WHEREAS pancreatic cancer is the only major cancer with a five-year relative survival rate in the single digits at just eight percent;
WHEREAS when symptoms of pancreatic cancer present themselves, it is generally in later stages, and 71 percent of pancreatic cancer patients die within the first year of their diagnosis;
WHEREAS approximately 1640 deaths will occur in Illinois in 2016;
WHEREAS pancreatic cancer is the seventh most common cause of cancer-related death in men and women across the world;
WHEREAS there will be an estimated 418,451 new pancreatic cancer cases diagnosed worldwide in 2020;
WHEREAS the good health and well-being of the residents of the City of Chicago are enhanced as a direct result of increased awareness about pancreatic cancer and research into early detection, causes and effective treatments; therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and members of the Chicago City Council gathered here this first day of November, 2016, do hereby designate November 17th as "World Pancreatic Cancer Day" in the City of Chicago.
