CA SR62

Proclaims November 2025 as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month in California and urges all Californians to help end pancreatic cancer

Highlights that an estimated 67,440 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2025, with 51,980 deaths expected in the United States

Notes pancreatic cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. with only a 13% five-year survival rate, dropping to 3% when cancer spreads to distant parts of the body

States that National Cancer Institute allocated only $226,800,000 (3.3%) of its nearly $7 billion 2022 budget to pancreatic cancer research, despite it being among the deadliest cancers

Recognizes the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN), headquartered in California, which is investing $126,000,000 in pancreatic cancer research and received $15,000,000 in federal funding for fiscal year 2025