Congress finds the disease usually discovered at advanced stages
To require the Government Accountability Office to produce a report on esophageal cancer, and for other purposes, section 2, Sec. 2.
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Congress finds the disease usually discovered at advanced stages
The document says “should”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“esophageal cancer has low survival rates because it is usually discovered at advanced stages when treatment outcomes are poor”
The sixth of the section's eleven findings, and the one that supplies a reason for the survival figure in the fourth. Congress attributes the low survival rate to late discovery, when treatment outcomes are poor.
What the document actually says
“esophageal cancer has low survival rates because it is usually discovered at advanced stages when treatment outcomes are poor”
That sentence, in plain words
Congress says few people live long with this cancer. That is because it is found late. By then it is hard to treat.
What this is about
The other findings say the same in a different way. Finding it early is what changes the outcome.
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Gerald E. Connolly Esophageal Cancer Awareness Act of 2025, Public Law 119-96, sec. 2, 140 Stat. 834 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ96/html/PLAW-119publ96.htm
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“Congress finds the disease usually discovered at advanced stages,” Gerald E. Connolly Esophageal Cancer Awareness Act of 2025, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/gerald-e-connolly-esophageal-cancer-awareness-act/proposal/sec02-discovered-at-advanced-stages/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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