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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  SR 45
          Author:   Bates (R), Anderson (R), Hall (D), Leno (D), and  
                    Nguyen (R)
          Introduced:8/20/15  
          Vote:     Majority  

           SUBJECT:   Curing Stomach Cancer Month


          SOURCE:    Author


          DIGEST:  This resolution designates the month of November, 2015  
          as Curing Stomach Cancer Month in the State of California.

          ANALYSIS:  This resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings:

          1)Out of 24,500 new cases diagnosed each year in the United  
            States, 11,000 people will die in the first year of diagnosis.

          2)Eighty percent of stomach cancer is diagnosed at stage IV,  
            which only has a 4 percent five-year survival rate.

          3)It is estimated that more than 72,000 people in the United  
            States are currently living with stomach cancer. 

          4)Stomach cancer has increased by 70 percent in young adults  
            between 25 and 39 years of age since 1977.  

          5)The overall survival rate for stomach cancer is 28 percent and  
            stomach cancer mortality rates have remained relatively  
            unchanged over the past 30 years.  

          6)Stomach cancer continues to be one of the leading causes of  








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            cancer-related death.
          This resolution designates the month of November, 2015 as Curing  
          Stomach Cancer Month in the State of California.

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


          SUPPORT:   (Unable of verify at time of writing)


          None received


          OPPOSITION:   (Unable of verify at time of writing)


          None received


          Prepared by: Jonas Austin / SFA / (916) 651-1520
          8/26/15 18:48:27
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