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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 691 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 691

   Expressing support for the designation of May 17, 2024, as ``DIPG 
   Pediatric Brain Cancer Awareness Day'' to raise awareness of, and 
  encourage research on, diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma tumors and 
                     pediatric cancers in general.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 15, 2024

   Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mr. Braun, Mr. Casey, Mrs. Hyde-
Smith, and Mrs. Fischer) submitted the following resolution; which was 
                        considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION

 
   Expressing support for the designation of May 17, 2024, as ``DIPG 
   Pediatric Brain Cancer Awareness Day'' to raise awareness of, and 
  encourage research on, diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma tumors and 
                     pediatric cancers in general.

Whereas diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (referred to in this preamble as 
        ``DIPG'') tumors regularly affect 200 to 300 children in the United 
        States each year;
Whereas brain tumors are the leading cause of cancer-related death among 
        children;
Whereas DIPG tumors are the leading cause of pediatric brain cancer deaths;
Whereas, with respect to a child who is diagnosed with a DIPG tumor and receives 
        treatment for a DIPG tumor, the median amount of time that the child 
        survives after diagnosis is approximately 11 months;
Whereas, with respect to an individual who is diagnosed with a DIPG tumor, the 
        rate of survival 5 years after diagnosis is approximately 2 percent;
Whereas the average age at which a child is diagnosed with a DIPG tumor is 
        between 5 and 10 years, resulting in a life expectancy approximately 70 
        years shorter than the average life expectancy in the United States; and
Whereas the prognosis for children diagnosed with DIPG tumors has not 
        meaningfully improved during the past 50 years: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) supports designating May 17, 2024, as ``DIPG Pediatric 
        Brain Cancer Awareness Day'';
            (2) supports efforts--
                    (A) to better understand diffuse intrinsic pontine 
                glioma (referred to in this resolution as ``DIPG'') 
                tumors;
                    (B) to develop effective treatments for DIPG 
                tumors; and
                    (C) to provide comprehensive care for children with 
                DIPG tumors and their families; and
            (3) encourages all individuals in the United States to 
        become more informed about--
                    (A) DIPG tumors;
                    (B) pediatric brain cancer in general; and
                    (C) challenges relating to research on pediatric 
                cancers and ways to advance that research.
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