[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 165 (Tuesday, November 19, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1708]
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 TO CONGRATULATE THE FUND A CURE FOR PANCREATIC CANCER ORGANIZATION OF 
                         NEWTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

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                      HON. MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 19, 2013

  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, November has been designated Pancreatic 
Cancer Awareness Month. This disease and its alarming statistics call 
for aggressive measures to develop early detection and treatment tools 
before its incidence increases dramatically. More advanced scientific 
research will give hope to those diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, 
which is the only major cancer with a five-year relative survival rate 
of just six percent. Since there are no effective early detection tools 
or curative treatments for pancreatic cancer, it is expected to become 
the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths by 2020. I, 
therefore, commend the Fund a Cure for Pancreatic Cancer Organization, 
of Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and its 2013 Run Over Cancer 5K 
that took place on July 6 with more than 250 participants. 
Congratulations for raising over $35,000 for the Thomas Jefferson 
University Hospital's Pancreatic Cancer Research Team. The proceeds 
from this annual event will be presented to the hospital in 
Philadelphia on Dec. 2, 2013.

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