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Home My WebLink About09-13-2021 - Childhood Cancer Awareness MonthArmondoPavoneMayor‘T4lfiereas,eachyearintheUnitedStatesmorethan15,780childrenfrombirthto19yearsoldarediagnosedwithcancer,equaltoabout42childhoodcancerdiagnoseseachday;andWfiereas,approximatelyonein285childrenintheUnitedStateswillbediagnosedwithcancerbeforetheirtwentiethbirthdaywiththisnumberincreasingeachyear;and‘I4lñereas,althoughthefive-yearsurvivalrateforchildhoodcancershasreached84percent,nearly1,500Americanchildrenundertheageofnineteenstilldieeachyearfromcancer,makingittheleadingkillerofchildrenbydisease;and‘14”ñereas,twothirdsthatdosurvivewillfaceatleastonechronichealthconditionlaterinlifeincluding,butnotlimitedto,heart,liver;andlungdamage;infertility;secondarycancers;andgrowthdeficits;and‘T4)ftereas,thecausesofchildhoodcancerarelargelyunknown,andmorestudiesareneededtounderstandwhichtreatmentsworkbestforchildrenasthosetreatmentsoftenmustdifferfromtraditionaladulttreatmentstoaccountforchildren’sdevelopmentalneedsandotherfactors;andWfiereas,therearehundredsofchildrenbeingtreatedforcancerinWashingtonState,acaringstateandcommunitythatsupportschildrenandfamilies;9”Iow,tfierefore,I,ArmondoPavone,MayoroftheCityofRenton,doherebyproclaimSeptember2021tobeCñi(d7iooéCancerAwarenessfMontñintheCityofRenton,andIencourageallcitizenstojoinmeinthisspecialobservance.InwitnesswfiereofIhavehereuntosetmyhandandcausedthesealoftheCityofRentontobeaffixedthis13thdayofSeptember2021.ProctamationMayorWashingtonRentonCityHaIl,7thFloor1055SouthGradyWay,Renton,WA98057.rentonwa.gov