[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 89 (Thursday, June 20, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E939]
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                      PANCREATIC CANCER AWARENESS

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                          HON. LORETTA SANCHEZ

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 20, 2013

  Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to draw 
awareness to the impact of pancreatic cancer in the United States.
  My staff and I have had recent conversations with individuals from my 
district on the effects of pancreatic cancer on their lives and their 
loved ones.
  Last Congress, we came together to support the Recalcitrant Cancer 
Research Act which provides the strategic direction and guidance needed 
to make true progress.
  These strategic plans are desperately needed in these types of 
cancers for which we have made so little progress.
  Pancreatic cancer is still the only major cancer with a five-year 
survival rate in the single digits at just 6 percent; there are still 
no early detection tools or life-saving treatments.
  The answers that could lead to changing the statistics for pancreatic 
cancer could lie in one of the grants currently under review at the 
National Cancer Institute (NCI). However, we may never realize the 
potential because cuts to the NCI's budget are resulting in good grants 
being thrown out with the trash.
  We cannot let this situation continue. I therefore urge my colleagues 
to support a permanent fix to sequestration and provide the resources 
needed to conquer these deadly cancers.

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