Bill Text: CA SR84 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Enrolled

California Senate Resolution 84 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relative to Stomach Cancer Awareness Month.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-08-01 - Read. Adopted. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4621.) [SR84 Detail]

Download: California-2021-SR84-Enrolled.html

Enrolled August 02, 2022

Passed IN Senate August 01, 2022

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Resolution

No. 84

Introduced by Senator Leyva
(Coauthor: Senator McGuire)

April 21, 2022

Relative to Stomach Cancer Awareness Month.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SR 84, Leyva.

WHEREAS, Stomach cancer is among the cancers with the lowest five-year survival rate; and

WHEREAS, Forty-two percent of patients diagnosed with stomach cancer die in the first year; and

WHEREAS, Stomach cancer patients diagnosed at stage IV have a 6 percent five-year survival rate; and

WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be 26,380 new cases of stomach cancer in 2022; and

WHEREAS, Young patients diagnosed with stomach cancer have a much shorter survival time compared to the elderly, with an average survival time of about 10.3 months; and

WHEREAS, The five-year relative survival rate for stomach cancer is 32 percent, and stomach cancer mortality rates have only moderately improved over the past 30 years; and

WHEREAS, Stomach cancer is the fifth most common cancer and third deadliest cancer globally; and

WHEREAS, In 2014, $1.8 billion was spent on care of stomach cancer patients in the United States; and

WHEREAS, The National Cancer Institute invested only $14,800,000 to fund stomach cancer research in 2019; and

WHEREAS, Early detection is the key to surviving stomach cancer; and

WHEREAS, Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer, a little-known inherited form of stomach cancer, carries up to an 80 percent risk that an individual will be diagnosed with stomach cancer 80 years of age; and

WHEREAS, Lifestyle changes, such as smoking cessation, eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, and maintaining a healthy weight, can potentially reduce the risk of stomach cancer; and

WHEREAS, Better patient and health care provider education is needed for the timely recognition of stomach cancer risks and symptoms; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, That the month of November 2022 is designated Stomach Cancer Awareness Month in the State of California; and be it further

Resolved, That the Senate encourages the people of the State of California and interested groups to observe and support November 2022 as “Stomach Cancer Awareness Month” through appropriate programs and activities to promote public awareness of, and potential treatments for, stomach cancer; and be if further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.