Office of the Mayor

Proclamation

Lawrence, Kansas

WHEREAS:   In 2016, an estimated 53,070 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the United States and 41,780 people will die from the disease; and

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 of cancer death by the year 2020; and

WHEREAS:   Pancreatic cancer is the only major cancer with a five-year relative survival rate in the single digits at just eight percent; and

WHEREAS:   When symptoms of pancreatic cancer present themselves, it is generally in later stages, and seventy-one percent of pancreatic cancer patients die within the first year of the diagnosis; and

WHEREAS:   Approximately 390 deaths will occur in Kansas in 2016; and

WHEREAS:   There will be an estimated 418,451 new pancreatic cancer cases diagnosed globally in 2020; and

WHEREAS:   The good health and well-being of the residents of Lawrence, Kansas 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 Amyx, Mayor of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, do hereby proclaim the Thursday, November 17, 2016 as

world pancreatic cancer day

in the City of Lawrence.

                                                          Mike Amyx, Mayor

November 15, 2016