Expressing support for the designation of July 16, 2025, as "Glioblastoma Awareness Day".
Sponsored By: Representative Williams (TX)
Introduced
Summary
This resolution would designate July 16, 2025 as Glioblastoma Awareness Day and urges greater public awareness, support for research, and recognition of molecular biomarker testing for glioblastoma.
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- Families and patients: Would honor people living with or lost to glioblastoma and highlight how serious the disease is, noting about 13,000 Americans may be diagnosed in 2025 and a 5-year survival of 6.9 percent.
- Researchers and funders: Would encourage continued investments in research and points to the National Cancer Institute's Glioblastoma Therapeutics Network, established in 2020, as infrastructure to speed therapy development.
- Clinicians and diagnostics: Would recognize the importance of molecular biomarker testing after significant 2021 changes to how glioblastoma is classified and diagnosed.
- Public and advocates: Would urge collaboration among government, private, and nonprofit groups and push for increased public awareness of urgent unmet needs and treatment opportunities.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Williams (TX)
TX • R
Cosponsors
Mast
FL • R
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Schakowsky
IL • D
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Auchincloss
MA • D
Sponsored 5/6/2025
Budzinski
IL • D
Sponsored 6/9/2025
Houlahan
PA • D
Sponsored 6/9/2025
DelBene
WA • D
Sponsored 6/9/2025
Brownley
CA • D
Sponsored 6/9/2025
Davis (NC)
NC • D
Sponsored 6/10/2025
Ross
NC • D
Sponsored 6/10/2025
Bonamici
OR • D
Sponsored 6/10/2025
Raskin
MD • D
Sponsored 6/10/2025
Dingell
MI • D
Sponsored 6/12/2025
Sorensen
IL • D
Sponsored 6/17/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 6/23/2025
Matsui
CA • D
Sponsored 6/23/2025
Carbajal
CA • D
Sponsored 6/23/2025
Goldman (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 6/25/2025
Stevens
MI • D
Sponsored 7/2/2025
Nadler
NY • D
Sponsored 7/2/2025
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