[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Pages 24070-24071]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   PANCREATIC CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the HELP 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of and the Senate 
proceed to S. Res. 222.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 222) supporting the goals and ideals 
     of Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution 
be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider 
be laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 222) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 222

       Whereas over 37,170 people will be diagnosed with 
     pancreatic cancer this year in the United States;
       Whereas pancreatic cancer is the 4th most common cause of 
     cancer death in the United States;
       Whereas 75 percent of pancreatic cancer patients die within 
     the first year of their diagnosis and only 5 percent survive 
     more than 5 years, making pancreatic cancer the deadliest of 
     any cancer;
       Whereas there has been no significant improvement in 
     survival rates in the last 25 years and pancreatic cancer 
     research is still in the earliest scientific stages;

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       Whereas there are no early detection methods and minimal 
     treatment options for pancreatic cancer;
       Whereas when symptoms of pancreatic cancer generally 
     present themselves, it is too late for an optimistic 
     prognosis, and the average survival rate of those diagnosed 
     with metastasis of the disease is only 3 to 6 months;
       Whereas the incidence rate of pancreatic cancer is 40 to 50 
     percent higher in African Americans than in other ethnic 
     groups; and
       Whereas it would be appropriate to observe November as 
     Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month to educate communities 
     across the Nation about pancreatic cancer and the need for 
     research funding, early detection methods, effective 
     treatments, and treatment programs: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate supports the goals and ideals of 
     Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.

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