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4	4	STSESSION H. RES. 371
5	5	Expressing support for the designation of May 2025 as ‘‘National Brain
6	6	Tumor Awareness Month’’.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	MAY1, 2025
9	9	Mr. M
10	10	CCAUL(for himself and Mr. QUIGLEY) submitted the following
11	11	resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
12	12	RESOLUTION
13	13	Expressing support for the designation of May 2025 as
14	14	‘‘National Brain Tumor Awareness Month’’.
15	15	Whereas it is estimated that more than 93,000 Americans
16	16	will be diagnosed with a primary brain tumor in 2025,
17	17	including 5,000 children, and an estimated 90,000 indi-
18	18	viduals in the United States were diagnosed with a pri-
19	19	mary brain tumor in 2024;
20	20	Whereas it is estimated that more than 1,000,000 Americans
21	21	are living with a brain tumor in the United States;
22	22	Whereas, in the United States, brain tumors are the—
23	23	(1) leading cause of death from cancer in children
24	24	who are under 14 years of age and teens who are under
25	25	19 years of age; and
26	26	(2) second-leading cause of death from cancer in
27	27	young adults who are between 15 and 39 years of age;
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31	31	Whereas the average 5-year survival rate for an individual in
32	32	the United States following the diagnosis of a primary
33	33	malignant brain tumor is only 35.7 percent;
34	34	Whereas it is estimated that 18,330 individuals in the United
35	35	States will die as a result of a malignant brain tumor in
36	36	2025;
37	37	Whereas brain tumors may be malignant or benign but can
38	38	be life-threatening in either case;
39	39	Whereas treatment of brain tumors is complicated by the fact
40	40	that more than 100 types of brain tumors exist;
41	41	Whereas the treatment and removal of brain tumors present
42	42	significant challenges due to the uniquely complex and
43	43	fragile nature of the brain;
44	44	Whereas brain tumors affect the primary organ in the human
45	45	body that controls not only cognitive ability but the ac-
46	46	tions of every other organ and limb in the body, leading
47	47	to brain tumors being described as a disease that affects
48	48	the whole individual;
49	49	Whereas brain tumor research is supported by several pri-
50	50	vate, nonprofit research foundations and by Federal med-
51	51	ical research institutions;
52	52	Whereas basic research may fuel advancements and the devel-
53	53	opment of new treatments for brain tumors;
54	54	Whereas obstacles to the development of new treatments for
55	55	brain tumors remain, and there are limited strategies for
56	56	the screening or early detection of brain tumors;
57	57	Whereas, despite the high number of individuals diagnosed
58	58	with a brain tumor every year and the devastating prog-
59	59	nosis for those individuals, only a few treatments have
60	60	been approved for malignant brain tumors since the
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64	64	1980s, and none of these extend survival more than 2
65	65	years on average or are considered to be curative;
66	66	Whereas the mortality rates associated with brain tumors
67	67	have changed little during the 30 years preceding the
68	68	date of introduction of this resolution;
69	69	Whereas there is a need for greater public awareness of brain
70	70	tumors, including the difficulties associated with research
71	71	on brain tumors and the opportunities for advances in
72	72	brain tumor research and treatment; and
73	73	Whereas May 2025, during which brain tumor advocates na-
74	74	tionwide unite in awareness, outreach, and advocacy ac-
75	75	tivities, is an appropriate month to recognize as ‘‘Na-
76	76	tional Brain Tumor Awareness Month’’: Now, therefore,
77	77	be it
78	78	Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1
79	79	(1) expresses support for the designation of 2
80	80	‘‘National Brain Tumor Awareness Month’’; 3
81	81	(2) encourages increased public awareness of 4
82	82	brain tumors to honor the individuals who have lost 5
83	83	their lives to a brain tumor or currently live with a 6
84	84	brain tumor diagnosis; 7
85	85	(3) supports efforts to develop better treat-8
86	86	ments for brain tumors that will improve the quality 9
87	87	of life and the long-term prognosis of individuals di-10
88	88	agnosed with a brain tumor; 11
89	89	(4) expresses its support for individuals who are 12
90	90	battling brain tumors, as well as the families, 13
91	91	friends, and caregivers of those individuals; and 14
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95	95	(5) urges a collaborative approach to brain 1
96	96	tumor research, which is a promising means of ad-2
97	97	vancing understanding of, and treatment for, brain 3
98	98	tumors. 4
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