宾夕法尼亚州道芬县哈里斯堡市州众议院通过胰腺癌宣传决议：将2026年11月定为胰腺癌宣传月、该病五年生存率仅13%
宾夕法尼亚州道芬县哈里斯堡市的州众议院10月21日以202票对1票通过州众议员罗布·马齐提出的决议，将2026年11月定为宾夕法尼亚州“胰腺癌宣传月”，以在全国公认的胰腺癌宣传月到来前唤起公众对这一疾病的关注；州众议院10月29日发布了这一消息。马齐是众议院多数党党团主席，他提出的第538号众议院决议指出，胰腺癌预计今年将在美国夺走5万2000多人的生命。马齐表示，虽然胰腺癌并非最常见的确诊癌症，却是美国第三大癌症死因，且在主要癌症中五年总体生存率最低，仅为13%。这一议题对他个人而言意义特殊：他的母亲曾被诊断出胰腺癌，因发现得早而幸运地多活了八年，但大多数患者并不幸运，由于疾病扩散快、早期症状少，多数病例确诊时已太晚而无法有效治疗。马齐同时指出医学界已出现希望：美国食品药品监督管理局8月下旬批准的一种新药显示可使生存率较单纯标准化学治疗翻倍，治疗性与预防性疫苗的临床试验也在进行中。但他强调，在扭转数字之前，警惕可能症状并及时向医生报告仍是最佳武器，因为早期发现仍是最有效的手段。
Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania: State House Adopts Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Resolution Designating November 2026 as Awareness Month; Five-Year Survival Rate Is Just 13%
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, adopted a resolution introduced by Rep. Rob Matzie on October 21 — by a vote of 202 to 1 — designating November 2026 as 'Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month' in Pennsylvania, ahead of the nationally recognized awareness month; the House announced the adoption on October 29. Matzie, chairman of the House majority caucus, said in House Resolution 538 that pancreatic cancer is expected to kill more than 52,000 people in the United States this year. He said that although pancreatic cancer is not among the most commonly diagnosed cancers, it is the third-leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. and has the lowest overall five-year survival rate among the major cancers, at just 13%. The issue is personal to him: his mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and, because it was caught early, lived eight more years; most patients are not so lucky, as the disease spreads quickly with few early symptoms and most cases are diagnosed too late for effective treatment. Matzie also pointed to hope in medicine: a drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in late August was shown to double survival compared with standard chemotherapy alone, and clinical trials of therapeutic and preventive vaccines are underway. He stressed that until the numbers turn around, being alert to possible symptoms and reporting them to a doctor remains the best weapon, because early detection is still the most effective means.
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