Governor Stein Proclaims World Pancreatic Cancer Day

World Pancreatic Cancer Day

2025

By The Governor Of The State Of North Carolina

A Proclamation

Whereas, in 2025, an estimated 67,440 people in the United States will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and approximately 52,00 will lose their lives to this devastating disease; and

Whereas, in North Carolina it is estimated that 1,910 people will die of pancreatic cancer in 2025

WHEREAS, pancreatic cancer is currently the third-leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States – surpassing breast cancer – and is projected to become the second by 2030; and

Whereas, pancreatic cancer has the lowest five-year relative survival rate of all major cancers, currently at 13 percent, and remains the only major cancer with a five-year survival rate below 20 percent; and

Whereas, symptoms of pancreatic cancer often appear in the late stages, resulting in only 15 percent of cases being diagnosed when the disease is still localized, and more than 87 percent of people diagnosed die within five years; and

Whereas, the health and well-being of North Carolinians are enhanced through greater awareness, education, and research into early detection, risk factors, and effective treatments for pancreatic cancer;

Now, Therefore, I, Josh Stein, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim November 20, 2025, as “World Pancreatic Cancer Day” in North Carolina and commend its observance to all citizens.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this twenty-first day of October in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-fifth and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fiftieth.