Okaloosa County BOCC — October 4, 2013 — 11-13 Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month proclamation — reading text

PROCLAMATION WHEREAS in 2013, an estimated 45,220 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the United States and 38,460 will die from the disease; and WHEREAS pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, is the fourth leading cause of can- cer death in the United States, and is the only major cancer with a five-year relative survival rate in the single digits at just six percent; and WHEREAS when symptoms of pancreatic cancer present themselves, it is late stage, and 73 percent of pancreatic cancer patients die within the first year of their diagnosis while 94 percent of pancre- atic cancer patients die within the first five years; WHEREAS the incidence and death rate for pancreatic cancer are increasing and pancreatic cancer is anticipated to move from the fourth to the second leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. by 2020; and WHEREAS the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is the national organization serving the pan- creatic cancer community in Okaloosa County and nationwide through a comprehensive approach that includes public policy, research funding, patient services, and public awareness and education related to developing effective treatments and a cure for pancreatic cancer; and WHEREAS the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and its affiliates in Okaloosa County support those patients currently battling pancreatic cancer, as well as to those who have lost their lives to the dis- ease, and are committed to nothing less than a cure; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Board of County Commissioners of Okaloosa County, Florida, does hereby declare the month of November 2013 as “PANCREATIC CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IN OKALOOSA COUNTY” DULY PASSED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of November, 2013. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA ATTEST: _________________________________ DON R. AMUNDS CHAIRMAN ___________________________ DON W. HOWARD CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT