CA AR129

Proclaims November 2022 as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month in California and urges citizens to support efforts to end pancreatic cancer

Recognizes that pancreatic cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death in the United States with an 11 percent five-year survival rate, but 42 percent if detected early when only 13 percent of cases are diagnosed

Notes that in 2022, an estimated 62,210 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and 49,830 will die from the disease in the United States

Highlights that the National Cancer Institute allocates only $178.5 million of its $6.9 billion budget to pancreatic cancer research, representing less than 3 percent despite it being one of the deadliest cancers

Acknowledges the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network's $25 million investment in research this year and calls for aggressive measures to develop early detection and treatment tools