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Gerald E. Connolly Esophageal Cancer Awareness Act of 2025Section 2 › Proposal

The finding lists five established risk factors

To require the Government Accountability Office to produce a report on esophageal cancer, and for other purposes, section 2, Sec. 2. Written by .

The finding lists five established risk factors

The document says “shouldWho acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says

“a history of smoking, chronic gastrointestinal reflux disease, or obesity”

To require the Government Accountability Office to produce a report on esophageal cancer, and for other purposes, Sec. 2

The list carried by the eleventh finding, in subparagraphs (A) through (E). The five risk factors the finding names are male sex, non-Hispanic white ethnicity, an age of 50 years or older, the history quoted here, and a family history of Barrett's Esophagus or esophageal adenocarcinoma. Three or more of them is the threshold the recited recommendation attaches to.

What the document actually says

“a history of smoking, chronic gastrointestinal reflux disease, or obesity”

To require the Government Accountability Office to produce a report on esophageal cancer, and for other purposes, Sec. 2
That sentence, in plain words

One risk sign is a history of smoking. Another is long term acid coming back up. Another is being very heavy.

What this is about

The law lists five signs in all. The other two are being male and being 50 or older. It also counts white people who are not Hispanic, and family history.

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