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  STATE  OF        RHODE  ISLAND
  IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
  JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026
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  HOUSE RESOLUTION
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
1WHEREAS, An estimated more than one million Americans are currently living with
2 brain tumors and 108,810 Americans will be diagnosed with a primary brain tumor this year; and
3WHEREAS, Approximately 26,710 people will receive a malignant brain tumor cancer
4 diagnosis in 2026, and an estimated 18,350 people will die; and
5WHEREAS, The relative survival rate in the United States for all people following
6 diagnosis of a malignant brain tumor is only 34.8%, with the deadliest and most common form of
7 brain cancer, Glioblastoma, having an average five-year survival rate of only 7.0%, and median
8 survival rate of only 8 months; and
9WHEREAS, The treatment of brain tumors presents significant challenges because of the
10 brain’s uniquely complex and fragile nature; and
11WHEREAS, Brain tumors can have lasting and life-altering physical, cognitive, and
12 psychological impacts on a person’s life; and
13WHEREAS, Brain tumors affect the primary organ in the human body that controls not
14 only cognitive ability, but the actions of every other limb and organ in the body, leading to brain
15 tumors being described as a disease that affects the whole individual; and
16WHEREAS, Daunting obstacles remain to the development of new treatments, and no
17 strategies for the screening or early detection of brain tumors exist; and
18WHEREAS, A need for greater public awareness of brain tumors exists, including
19 awareness of the difficulties associated with research on brain tumors and the opportunities for
1 advances in research and treatment; now, therefore be it
2RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island recognizes
3 the importance of awareness and the urgent need for further research into brain tumors and does
4 hereby declare May 2026 to be Brain Tumor Awareness Month in the State of Rhode Island; and
5 be it further
6RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to
7 transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Ms. Kelly Sitkin, President & CEO, of the
8 American Brain Tumor Association, Mr. David F. Arons, President & CEO of the National Brain
9 Tumor Society, Dr. Prakash Sampath, President of the Rhode Island Brain & Spine Tumor
10 Foundation, and Ms. Lisa D’Ambra, Executive Director of the Rhode Island Brain & Spine
11 Tumor Foundation.
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