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Golf tournament to benefit Pancreatic Cancer Network

The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre affiliate of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is sponsoring its second annual “Links For A Cure” on Saturday, July 18, at the Wilkes-Barre Municipal Golf Club with registration beginning at 12:30 p. m.

A family picnic will follow at 5:30 p.m. On line registration is available at www. Pancan.org/scrantonlinks

Pancreatic Cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States, yet it is the most under-funded, under-recognized and least-studied of all the leading cancer killers. Currently less than 2 percent of the National Cancer Institute’s federal research funding is allocated to pancreatic cancer.

Pancreatic cancer is one of the few cancers for which the survival rate has not improved substantially over the past 30 years. This year an estimated 42,470 Americans will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and 35,240 will die.

The “Links for a Cure” golfer registration is $125 per golfer or $500 for a foursome and includes the cart rental, green fees, gift package, lunch photo and admission to the picnic.

For those who wish to attend the picnic only, the cost is $35 adult and $10 child under 12. The picnic will have recognition and awards ceremony, dinner, live entertainment, raffles and children’s activities.

For more information about this event, please contact Jay Cawley @ 878-6395 or Bryn Grabowski 499-6652.