A resolution expressing support for the designation of May 17, 2021, 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.

III 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. RES. 231 Expressing support for the designation of May 17, 2021, 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. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 24, 2021 Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. REED, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. CASEY, Mr. BRAUN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. MARSHALL, and Mrs. FISCHER) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Expressing support for the designation of May 17, 2021, 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 130 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; VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:14 May 25, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR231.ATS SR231 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •SRES 231 ATS 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 diag- nosis 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 tu- mors has not improved over the past 50 years: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate— 1 (1) supports— 2 (A) designating May 17, 2021, as ‘‘DIPG 3 Pediatric Brain Cancer Awareness Day’’; and 4 (B) efforts to— 5 (i) better understand diffuse intrinsic 6 pontine glioma tumors; 7 (ii) develop effective treatments for 8 diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma tumors; 9 and 10 (iii) provide comprehensive care for 11 children with diffuse intrinsic pontine 12 glioma tumors and their families; and 13 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:14 May 25, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SR231.ATS SR231 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •SRES 231 ATS (2) encourages all individuals in the United 1 States to become more informed about— 2 (A) diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma tu- 3 mors; 4 (B) pediatric brain cancer in general; and 5 (C) challenges relating to research on pedi- 6 atric cancers and ways to advance such re- 7 search. 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:14 May 25, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\SR231.ATS SR231 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS