Contact: Jeff Barbosa
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SACRAMENTO – The Northern California Cancer Center, based in Fremont, would receive voluntary contributions from taxpayers who check off a box on their state income tax forms under a new bill by Assembly Member Alberto Torrico (D-Newark).  The bill was approved today in the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee.

AB 2518 would add the Northern California Cancer Center Research Fund to the state income tax return form’s voluntary contributions section. 

The Northern California Cancer Center is a non-profit organization committed to reducing the burden of cancer.  Since its founding in 1974, the NCCC has studied the disease and advanced the public’s understanding of cancer through presentations and outreach.

“The research done by the Northern California Cancer Center is some of the best in the country,” Assembly Member Torrico said.  “For more than 30 years, it has remained in the forefront of the fight against this terrible disease.”

The NCCC runs the award-winning Greater Bay Area Cancer Registry that tracks cancer incidence and mortality in the nine Bay Area counties.  It also conducts original epidemiological research to understand who gets cancer and why.  The center runs outreach programs that promote prevention, improve the lives of those living with cancer and support survivors. 

More than one million Californians are diagnosed with cancer.  That figure will climb as the number of Californians entering the age of highest risk for cancer is expected to rise at an unprecedented rate in the coming decade.   Putting the NCCC Research Fund on the state income tax form will generate new research to fight the disease and increase cancer prevention strategies.

AB 2518 is supported by Washington Hospital Healthcare System, Stanford University Cancer Center, Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum and the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, among others.