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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

PROCLAIMING MAY OF 2023, TO BE "BRAIN TUMOR AWARENESS MONTH" IN THE

STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Senators Pearson, Paolino, Rogers, Acosta, F. Lombardi, DeLuca,
Lombardo, Mack, Zurier, and Lawson

     Date Introduced: May 11, 2023

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     WHEREAS, An estimated 700,000 Americans are living with a primary brain tumor,

with approximately 94,390 people who will receive a primary brain tumor diagnosis in 2023, and

an estimated 18,200 people who will die from a malignant brain tumor in 2023; and

     WHEREAS, Brain tumors are the leading cause of death from cancer in children under

the age of 14, the leading cause of death from cancer for teens under the age of 19, the second

leading cause of death from cancer in young adults ages 15 to 39, and the sixth most common

cause of cancer related death among people ages 40 and over; and

     WHEREAS, The relative survival rate in the United States for all people following

diagnosis of a malignant brain tumor is only 35.7 percent; and

     WHEREAS, Brain tumors can have lasting and life-altering physical, cognitive, and

psychological impacts on a person's life; and

     WHEREAS, The treatment of brain tumors present significant challenges because of the

brain's uniquely complex and fragile nature; and

     WHEREAS, Daunting obstacles remain to the development of new treatments, and no

strategies for the screening or early detection of brain tumors exist; and

     WHEREAS, A need for greater public awareness of brain tumors exists, including

awareness of the difficulties associated with research on brain tumors and the opportunities for

advances in research and treatment; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby recognizes the

importance of awareness and the urgent need for further research into brain tumors and hereby

proclaims May of 2023, to be "Brain Tumor Awareness Month" in the State of Rhode Island; and

be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Mr. Ram Subramanian, Chair, and Mr. Ralph

DeVito, President & CEO, of the American Brain Tumor Association.

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