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| 2026 -- S 3306 Enacted 05/19/2026 |
| S E N A T 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: Senators Thompson, LaMountain, Felag, Burke, Vargas, Famiglietti, Valverde, Appollonio, Urso, and Murray |
| Date Introduced: May 19, 2026 |
| 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 Senate 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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