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Legislature Designates November Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
April 7, 2011
Rep. Petersen’s resolution will raise awareness of deadly disease JUNEAU – Today, the Alaska Legislature passed a resolution naming November 2011 Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Rep. Pete Petersen introduced the legislation to raise awareness of the deadly disease after a constituent told him of her father’s difficult battle with pancreatic cancer and the relative lack of research and attention the disease gets.
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[BILL] HCR 1: PANCREATIC CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
January 22, 2011
Over 43,000 people were diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the United States (US) in 2010. Almost 37,000 will die from the disease. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the US and ranks as one of the deadliest cancers with no real improvement in survival rates in the last 40 years.
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