World Pancreatic Cancer Day

Proclamation

By the Governor of Alabama

WHEREAS, in 2016, an estimated 53,070 people in the United States will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest cancers, and 41,780 will die from the disease; and

WHEREAS, pancreatic cancer surpassed breast cancer this year to become the third leading cause of cancer death in the United States, and it is projected to become the second leading cause by 2020; and

WHEREAS, pancreatic cancer is the only major cancer with a five-year relative survival rate in the single digits at just eight percent; and

WHEREAS, when symptoms of pancreatic cancer present themselves, it is generally in later stages, and 71 percent of pancreatic cancer patients die within the first year of their diagnosis; and

WHEREAS, approximately 690 deaths will occur in Alabama in 2016; and

WHEREAS, pancreatic cancer is the seventh most common cause of cancer-related death in men and women across the world; and

WHEREAS, there will be an estimated 418,451 new pancreatic cancer cases diagnosed worldwide in 2020; and

WHEREAS, the good health and well-being of the residents of Alabama are enhanced as a direct result of increased awareness about pancreatic cancer and research into early detection, causes and effective treatments:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert Bentley, Governor of Alabama, do hereby proclaim November 17, 2016, as

World Pancreatic Cancer Day

in the State of Alabama.

Given Under My Hand and the Great Seal of the Office of the Governor at the State Capitol in the City of Montgomery on the 1st day of November 2016.

Robert Bentley

Governor