Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Proclamation EO
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1N3-IERE9%S, childhood cancer is the number 1 cause of death to children from disease in the U.S.
One in five children are terminal at diagnosis. Three in five suffer life altering impacts of treatment that
significantly alter their quality of life;and
WHEREAS, according to American Childhood Cancer Organization 1 in 285 children will be
diagnosed with cancer before the age of 20. In the U.S. an estimated 16,000 children are diagnosed each year
with 43 children diagnosed per day.Of those 43 children, 12 children will die; and
WHEREAS, the incidence of childhood cancer is increasing at a greater rate than any other age
group, except those over 65 years of age. An average increase of 0.6% per year since the mid 1970's resulting
in an overall increase of more than 25%over the last 43 years; and
WHEREAS, many adult cancers can be diagnosed early but, in 80% of children, the cancer has
already spread to other areas of the body by the time it is diagnosed. Roughly 35%of children diagnosed with
cancer will die within 30 years of diagnosis. Those that survive the first five years have an eight times greater
mortality rate due to the increased risk of liver and heart disease and increased risk for reoccurrence of the
original cancer or of a secondary cancer; and
WHEREAS, childhood cancers and adult cancers are different as there are more than 12 major
types of pediatric cancers and over 100 subtypes. Yet we continue to use the downsized adult cancer
protocols on children which many times has devastating effects. The lack of childhood cancer research has an
overwhelming impact on our children and community; and
WHEREAS, despite these facts, childhood cancer is widely and consistently underfunded. Less
than 4% of the National Cancer Institute's Budget is dedicated to childhood cancer research. The FDA has
approved only 4 cancer treatments for children in over 25 years and more than half of all chemotherapies
used for children's cancer today are over 25 years old; and
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Gail L. Ash, Mayor of the City of Clermont do hereby proclaim the month
of September,2019 as
CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
to help raise awareness of pediatric cancer and its victims and encourage our residents to recognized the
impact of pediatric cancer on families within our community and honor the children in our community whose
lives have been cut short by cancer.
IN 1NI'3YESS 'WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of
Clermont to be affixed this 10th day of September,two thousand and nin en.
Gail L.Ash, Mayor
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Tracy Ackroyd Howe
City Clerk