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          Date of Hearing:   August 14, 2014
                       
                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                              Richard S. Gordon, Chair
                     SCR 134 (Beall) - As Amended:  July 2, 2014

           SENATE VOTE  :   34-0
           
          SUBJECT  :   Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.

           SUMMARY  :  Proclaims November 2014 as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness  
          Month and urges all Californians to know, fight, and end  
          pancreatic cancer. Specifically,  this resolution  makes the  
          following legislative findings:

          1.Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, as it is  
            anticipated to move from the fourth to the second leading  
            cause of cancer death in the United States by 2020. 

          2.Symptoms of pancreatic cancer usually first present themselves  
            in its late stage and 73% of pancreatic cancer patients die  
            within the first year of their diagnosis, while 94% of  
            pancreatic cancer patients die within the first five years,  
            rendering the disease the only major cancer with a five-year  
            relative survival rate in the single digits at just 6%. 

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

          4.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. 

          5.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  








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            behind. 

          FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
           
            Opposition 
           
          None on file

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800