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                                 UNFINISHED BUSINESS


          Bill No:  SCR 26
          Author:   Beall (D), et al.
          Amended:  4/23/15  
          Vote:     21  

           SENATE FLOOR:  32-0, 3/23/15
           AYES:  Allen, Anderson, Beall, Berryhill, Block, Cannella,  
            Fuller, Gaines, Hall, Hancock, Hernandez, Hertzberg, Hill,  
            Huff, Lara, Leno, Leyva, Liu, McGuire, Mendoza, Mitchell,  
            Monning, Morrell, Nguyen, Nielsen, Pan, Roth, Runner, Stone,  
            Vidak, Wieckowski, Wolk
           NO VOTE RECORDED:  Bates, De León, Galgiani, Hueso, Jackson,  
            Moorlach, Pavley

          ASSEMBLY FLOOR:  Read and adopted, 4/23/15

           SUBJECT:   Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month


          SOURCE:    Author


          DIGEST:  This resolution recognizes that pancreatic cancer  
          statistics call for aggressive measures now to develop early  
          detection and treatment tools before the incidence dramatically  
          increases, and proclaims November 2015 as Pancreatic Cancer  
          Awareness Month in California.




          Assembly Amendments add coauthors.


          ANALYSIS:   This resolution makes the following legislative  








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          findings:


          1.Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, is the  
            fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States, and  
            is the only major cancer with a five-year relative survival  
            rate in the single digits at just 7%.


          2.Symptoms of pancreatic cancer usually first present themselves  
            in its late stage, and 72% of pancreatic cancer patients die  
            within the first year of their diagnosis, while 93% of  
            pancreatic cancer patients die within the first five years.


          3.In 2015, an estimated 48,960 people will be diagnosed with  
            pancreatic cancer and 40,560 people will die from the disease  
            in the United States.  The incidence and death rate for  
            pancreatic cancer are increasing, pancreatic cancer is  
            anticipated to move from the fourth to the second leading  
            cause of cancer death in the United States by 2020, and the  
            number of deaths from the disease will increase 2.4 fold by  
            2030. 


          4.The federal government invests significantly less money in  
            pancreatic cancer research than it does in research of any  
            other leading deadly cancer, constituting only approximately  
            2% of the National Cancer Institute's research funding, a  
            figure far too low given the severity of the disease, its  
            mortality rate, and how little is known about how to arrest  
            it.


          5.The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is a national  
            organization serving the pancreatic cancer community in  
            California, where it is headquartered, and nationwide through  
            a comprehensive approach, which includes public policy,  
            research funding, patient services, and public awareness and  
            education related to developing effective treatments and a  
            cure for pancreatic cancer.









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          6.The good health and well-being of the residents of California  
            are enhanced as a direct result of increased awareness about  
            pancreatic cancer and research into early detection, causes,  
            and effective treatments.


          This resolution recognizes that pancreatic cancer statistics  
          call for aggressive measures now to develop early detection and  
          treatment tools before the incidence dramatically increases, in  
          light of the fact that National Cancer Institute funding is  
          falling dangerously behind; and proclaims November 2015 as  
          Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month in California and urges all  
          California citizens to wage hope to end pancreatic cancer.


          Prior Legislation


          SCR 134 (Beall, Resolution Chapter 126, Statutes of 2014)  
          proclaimed November 2014 as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.


          FISCAL EFFECT:   Appropriation:    No          Fiscal  
          Com.:NoLocal:    No


          SUPPORT:   (Verified4/28/15)


          Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (source)
          American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network








          Prepared by:Karen Chow / SFA / (916) 651-1520
          4/28/15 15:31:06








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