Bill Text: FL S1616 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Brain Tumor Awareness Month
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-02-02 - Adopted [S1616 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-S1616-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2016 (NP) SR 1616
By Senator Sobel
33-01900-16 20161616__
1 Senate Resolution
2 A resolution recognizing May 2016 as “Brain Tumor
3 Awareness Month” in Florida.
4
5 WHEREAS, nearly 700,000 people in the United States are
6 living with a primary brain tumor, a benign or malignant tumor
7 that originates in the brain, with 138,000 of those tumors found
8 to be malignant, and
9 WHEREAS, this year, nearly 70,000 Americans will be
10 diagnosed with a primary brain tumor, and an estimated 14,000
11 people will die from brain cancer, and
12 WHEREAS, the average survival rate for malignant brain
13 tumor and central nervous system tumor patients is 34.4 percent,
14 and
15 WHEREAS, brain tumors are the leading cause of cancer
16 related deaths in children younger than 14 years of age, and the
17 second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in children
18 younger than 20 years of age, and
19 WHEREAS, the incidence of brain cancer in this state is
20 reflective of its incidence nationwide, and
21 WHEREAS, brain tumors cannot be prevented and there is
22 currently no cure, and
23 WHEREAS, patients and families are striving to raise brain
24 tumor awareness and medical researchers are working to find
25 cures for brain tumors and to improve the quality of life for
26 those diagnosed with brain tumors, and
27 WHEREAS, the month of May has been designated as National
28 Brain Tumor Awareness Month, NOW, THEREFORE,
29
30 Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
31
32 That May 2016 is recognized as “Brain Tumor Awareness
33 Month” in Florida, and the residents of this state are urged to
34 support brain tumor research with the fervent hope of finding a
35 cure.
