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'' PANCREATIC CANCER AWARENESS MONTH— NOVEMBER 2011 ; �! '�'
b II WHEREAS, in 2011, an estimated 43,030 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic ; ,'
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C n deadliest cancers, is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States, and there is no
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, „, „,, , WHEREAS, when symptoms of pancreatic cancer present themselves, it is usually too ,
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WH E REAS, of all the racial/ethnic groups in the United States, Afr Ame have '" , r ,
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��� ,the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is the first and only national patient � ta „��� ,
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, David Glass, Mayor of Petaluma , 0'
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