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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

DECLARING MAY 2026 AS "BRAIN TUMOR AWARENESS MONTH" IN THE STATE OF

RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Representatives Shanley, Blazejewski, Kazarian, Hopkins, McNamara,
Bennett, Chippendale, Kennedy, Shallcross Smith, and Ajello

     Date Introduced: May 21, 2026

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, An estimated more than one million Americans are currently living with

brain tumors and 108,810 Americans will be diagnosed with a primary brain tumor this year; and

     WHEREAS, Approximately 26,710 people will receive a malignant brain tumor cancer

diagnosis in 2026, and an estimated 18,350 people will die; and

     WHEREAS, The relative survival rate in the United States for all people following

diagnosis of a malignant brain tumor is only 34.8%, with the deadliest and most common form of

brain cancer, Glioblastoma, having an average five-year survival rate of only 7.0%, and median

survival rate of only 8 months; and

     WHEREAS, The treatment of brain tumors presents significant challenges because of the

brain’s uniquely complex and fragile nature; and

     WHEREAS, Brain tumors can have lasting and life-altering physical, cognitive, and

psychological impacts on a person’s life; and

     WHEREAS, Brain tumors affect the primary organ in the human body that controls not

only cognitive ability, but the actions of every other limb and organ in the body, leading to brain

tumors being described as a disease that affects the whole individual; and

     WHEREAS, Daunting obstacles remain to the development of new treatments, and no

strategies for the screening or early detection of brain tumors exist; and

     WHEREAS, A need for greater public awareness of brain tumors exists, including

awareness of the difficulties associated with research on brain tumors and the opportunities for

advances in research and treatment; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island recognizes

the importance of awareness and the urgent need for further research into brain tumors and does

hereby declare May 2026 to be Brain Tumor Awareness Month in the State of Rhode Island; and

be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Ms. Kelly Sitkin, President & CEO, of the

American Brain Tumor Association, Mr. David F. Arons, President & CEO of the National Brain

Tumor Society, Dr. Prakash Sampath, President of the Rhode Island Brain & Spine Tumor

Foundation, and Ms. Lisa D’Ambra, Executive Director of the Rhode Island Brain & Spine

Tumor Foundation.

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