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CA SCR134

Concurrent Resolution

Official Source

Status

Passed

8/25/2014

Primary Sponsor

Jim Beall

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Origin

Senate

2013-2014 Session

AI Summary

  • Proclaims November 2014 as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month in California
  • Urges all Californians to know, fight, and end pancreatic cancer
  • Notes that pancreatic cancer has a 6 percent five-year survival rate, the lowest among major cancers, with 73 percent of patients dying within the first year of diagnosis
  • States that approximately 3,960 deaths from pancreatic cancer will occur in California in 2014, with pancreatic cancer projected to become the second leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. by 2020
  • Highlights that federal funding for pancreatic cancer research comprises only approximately 2 percent of the National Cancer Institute's budget

Legislative Description

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 126, Statutes of 2014.

8/25/2014

Committee Referrals

Rules8/7/2014
Rules7/2/2014

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