[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 172 (Thursday, September 5, 2019)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 46867-46868]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-19357]


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                Proclamation 9918 of August 30, 2019

                
National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, 2019

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                During National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we 
                recognize the brave young Americans who are 
                courageously fighting cancer, and we pause to remember 
                those we have lost to this horrible disease. We also 
                reaffirm our Nation's commitment to developing cures 
                for pediatric cancer, which inflicts terrible pain on 
                children and causes tremendous anguish for parents and 
                loved ones.

                Each year, more than 15,000 children and adolescents 
                under the age of 19 are diagnosed with cancer. Although 
                cancer is the leading cause of post-infancy death among 
                our Nation's young people, there is hope for those 
                afflicted by this disease. In the last half century, 
                the life expectancy of children and adolescents with 
                cancer has greatly increased, with approximately 85 
                percent now living for at least 5 years after being 
                diagnosed. Building upon this progress, we continue our 
                efforts to find effective and innovative medical 
                procedures to treat and prevent all forms of cancer and 
                to improve the quality of life for childhood cancer 
                survivors.

                My Administration is committed to supporting our 
                Nation's dedicated medical professionals, researchers, 
                and innovators as they work to win the fight against 
                childhood cancer. Last year, I signed into law the 
                Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and 
                Research (STAR) Act. This legislation will support 
                research for childhood cancers, explore effective 
                treatments, and help enhance the quality of long-term 
                care for the tenacious young people who have finished 
                treatment and entered into remission. I am also working 
                with the Congress to invest $500 million over the next 
                decade in cancer-related research. This funding will 
                enable our Nation's best scientists and doctors to 
                learn from every child with cancer, creating new 
                opportunities to understand the unique causes of and 
                best cures for childhood cancer.

                This month, we honor the more than 400,000 survivors of 
                childhood and adolescent cancers in the United States. 
                Their resilient spirit and immeasurable courage inspire 
                us all. We also express our sincerest gratitude to 
                those who work tirelessly to ensure that all children 
                can live healthy, long, and productive lives.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim September 2019 as 
                National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. I encourage 
                all Americans to observe this month with appropriate 
                programs and activities that raise awareness of the 
                efforts to find a cure for childhood cancer.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirtieth day of August, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand nineteen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                fourth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2019-19357
Filed 9-4-19; 11:15 am]
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