IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 69 
Expressing support for designation of the 17th day in May as ‘‘DIPG Aware-
ness Day’’ to raise awareness and encourage the research into cures 
for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) and pediatric cancers in 
general. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 30, 2017 
Mr. KNIGHT (for himself, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. 
CA´RDENAS, Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mrs. COMSTOCK, Mrs. DIN-
GELL, Mr. DELANEY, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, and Mr. SOTO) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for designation of the 17th day in May 
as ‘‘DIPG Awareness Day’’ to raise awareness and en-
courage the research into cures for diffuse intrinsic 
pontine glioma (DIPG) and pediatric cancers in general. 
Whereas diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) affects 200 
to 400 children in the United States each year with cer-
tain regularity; 
Whereas brain tumors are the leading cause of cancer-related 
death in children; 
Whereas DIPG is the second most common malignant brain 
tumor of childhood; 
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Whereas DIPG is the leading cause of childhood death due 
to brain tumors; 
Whereas the median survival time is only 9 months post diag-
nosis with treatment; 
Whereas 5-year survival is less than 1 percent; 
Whereas given the age at diagnosis and the average life ex-
pectancy, the number of life years lost annually because 
of DIPG is approximately 25,000 years of person life lost 
(calculated as the number of children diagnosed by aver-
age of male and female life expectancy from that median 
age, 300 × 80 = 25,000 years of person life lost annu-
ally); 
Whereas prognosis has not improved for children with DIPG 
in over 40 years; and 
Whereas government funding for research for pediatric can-
cer as a singular designation has been represented by less 
than 4 percent of the National Cancer Institute budget 
in any given year: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of ‘‘DIPG Aware-
ness Day’’; 
(2) encourages all people of the United States 
to become more informed about diffuse intrinsic 
pontine glioma (DIPG) pediatric brain cancer, and 
the current challenges to the medical research sys-
tem in designating sufficient research funding for 
pediatric cancers; 
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(3) supports expanded research to better under-
stand DIPG, develop effective treatments, and pro-
vide comprehensive care for children with DIPG and 
their families; and 
(4) encourages the National Cancer Institute 
and other research funders to elevate their consider-
ation of mortality rate of a type of cancer as well 
as the life years lost as significant factors considered 
during the grant application process. 
Æ 
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