Office of the City Clerk - Record #: R2016-953

• Record #: R2016-953
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• Intro date: 11/16/2016
• Final action: 11/16/2016
• Title: Commemoration of World Pancreatic Cancer Day
• Sponsors: Maldonado, Roberto, Scott, Jr. Michael, Mitts, Emma, Burke, Edward M., Thompson, Patrick D., Hairston, Leslie A., Solis, Daniel, Moreno, Proco Joe, Arena, John, Sadlowski Garza, Susan, Mendoza, Susana A.

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
11/16/2016		City Council	Rules Suspended - Immediate Consideration
11/16/2016	38686	City Council	Adopted	Pass

RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING WORLD PANCREATIC CANCER DAY

WHEREAS, World Pancreatic Cancer Day is November 17, 2016; and

WHEREAS, This august body has been notified of this important event by the Honorable Roberto Maldonado, Alderman of the 26^th Ward; and

WHEREAS, Pancreatic cancer is the 4^th most common cause of cancer related death in developed countries like the United States; and

WHEREAS, Pancreatic cancer is the 12^th most common cancer in the world; and

WHEREAS, Approximately one thousand people die daily from this terrible disease; and

WHEREAS, About 338,000 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer each year; and

WHEREAS, The five year survival rate for people with pancreatic cancer is less than 10%; and

WHEREAS, The survival rate for pancreatic cancer has dropped in recent years while the survival rate for other cancers has improved; and

WHEREAS, World Pancreatic Cancer Day calls attention to this horrible disease which can lead to earlier detection and a possible cure; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and members of the City Council of the
City of Chicago, gathered here this sixteenth day of November, 2016/ do hereby
recognize World Pancreatic Cancer Day.                     a /   ( )

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