[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 133, 116th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
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

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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.
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.
DONALD J. TRUMP