An Act respecting National Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day
Bill S-244 designates April 17 as National Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) Awareness Day. DIPG is an aggressive paediatric brain-stem tumor with no current cure; the median age at diagnosis is 6 to 9 years and median survival is 9 to 12 months from diagnosis. Approximately 25 to 35 Canadian children are diagnosed with DIPG annually per the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of Canada. The awareness day aims to spur research funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Childhood Cancer Canada coalition. Symbolic Senate bill with no programs attached.
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Would mark April 17 as National DIPG Awareness Day. DIPG is an aggressive child brain-stem tumour with no cure; about 25 to 35 Canadian children are diagnosed each year, with median survival under a year. A symbolic Senate bill with no programs attached.
Issues this bill touches
- Healthcare
National Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day for paediatric brain cancer.
Legislative history
- First reading
First reading in the Senate.
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