BILL NUMBER: SCR 7	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  JANUARY 29, 2009
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 23, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 14, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Denham

                        JANUARY 5, 2009

   Relative to kidney cancer.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 7, Denham. Kidney Cancer Awareness Month.
   This measure would proclaim March 2009 as Kidney Cancer Awareness
Month in California.



   WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society estimates that, each year,
more than 54,390 people in the United States are diagnosed with
kidney cancer; and
   WHEREAS, Of those diagnosed with kidney cancer, 33,130 are men,
and 21,260 are women; and
   WHEREAS, More than 100,000 survivors of kidney cancer now live in
the United States; and
   WHEREAS, Kidney cancer is among the 10 most common cancers in both
men and women; and
   WHEREAS, The exact cause of kidney cancer is unknown; and
   WHEREAS, Kidney cancer has few symptoms and is usually undiagnosed
or misdiagnosed until later stages or until it has spread to other
areas of the body and becomes harder to treat; and
   WHEREAS, Other than surgery, the most commonly used treatments for
kidney cancer are immunotherapy, radiation, and chemotherapy; and
   WHEREAS, Breakthroughs in research over the last year have given
renewed hope to patients who previously had few treatment options;
now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature proclaim the month of March
2009 as Kidney Cancer Awareness Month; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the National Kidney Foundation and to the author for
appropriate distribution.