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          Date of Hearing:   August 25, 2011

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                  ACR 81 (Skinner) - As Introduced:  August 23, 2011
           
          SUBJECT  :   Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.

           SUMMARY  :   Designates September of every year as Ovarian Cancer 
          Awareness Month and encourages and promotes the efforts of the 
          people and the healthcare practitioners of the state to increase 
          their awareness of this disease and to educate themselves about 
          early detection and prevention.  Specifically,  this resolution  
          makes the following legislative findings:

          1)Each year in the United States, over 21,000 women are 
            diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and approximately 15,000 women 
            die of this disease.

          2)Fewer than 20% of ovarian cancer patients are diagnosed early 
            leaving an overwhelming 80% of all patients being diagnosed in 
            the advanced stage of cancer.

          3)Due to the lack of early detection capabilities, the mortality 
            rate for ovarian cancer has remained high for the past three 
            decades making this type of cancer among the deadliest of all 
            gynecologic cancers in women.

          4)Ovarian cancer symptoms are vague and not well known by the 
            public which leads to a prediction of this cancer reaching 
            epidemic proportions with woman over 45 years of age most 
            likely developing this cancer.

          5)There are factors that are known to reduce the risk for 
            ovarian cancer and that play an important role in the 
            prevention of the disease; and, there is a need to increase 
            the awareness and of this disease among health care 
            practitioners and the people of the state and to continue to 
            educate the public of early warning signs and symptoms of 
            ovarian cancer.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None.

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   









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           Support 
           
          None on file.

           Opposition 
           
          None on file.
           

          Analysis Prepared by  :    Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800