Title: A resolution expressing support for the designation of May 17, 2019, 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.
Policy area: Health

Summary:
This resolution expresses support for the designation of May 17, 2019, as DIPG Pediatric Brain Cancer Awareness Day.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 223 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 223

   Expressing support for the designation of May 17, 2019, 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 23 (legislative day, May 22), 2019

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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing support for the designation of May 17, 2019, 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 400 children in the United 
        States each year;
Whereas brain tumors are the leading cause of cancer-related death among 
        children;
Whereas, during childhood, DIPG tumors are--

    (1) the second most common type of malignant brain tumor; and

    (2) 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 only 9 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 9 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 improved 
        over the past 40 years: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) supports--
                    (A) designating May 17, 2019, as ``DIPG Pediatric 
                Brain Cancer Awareness Day''; and
                    (B) efforts--
                            (i) to better understand diffuse intrinsic 
                        pontine glioma tumors;
                            (ii) to develop effective treatments for 
                        diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma tumors; and
                            (iii) to provide comprehensive care for 
                        children with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma 
                        tumors and their families; and
            (2) encourages all individuals in the United States to 
        become more informed about--
                    (A) diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma tumors;
                    (B) pediatric brain cancer in general; and
                    (C) challenges relating to research on pediatric 
                cancers and ways to advance such research.
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