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          Date of Hearing:   March 19, 2013

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                  ACR 26 (Wilk) - As Introduced:  February 26, 2013
           
          SUBJECT  :   Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

           SUMMARY  :   Designates March 2013 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness  
          Month.   Specifically, this resolution  makes the following  
          legislative findings:

          1)With proper screening, colorectal cancer is treatable,  
            curable, and in many cases, completely preventable; and,  
            according to the American Cancer Society, in 2010, only about  
            43 percent of colorectal cancers were diagnosed at an early,  
            more treatable and curable stage.

          2)Colorectal cancer screening is one of the most cost-effective  
            prevention measures in health care; and, the uninsured and  
            underserved are least likely to get screening and treatment  
            for colorectal cancer, which means the at thy are more likely  
            to be diagnosed at a late stage when changes of survival drop  
            to 13 percent.

          3)In California, colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of  
            cancer deaths in both men and women; and, the California  
            Colorectal Cancer Coalition (C4) is a nonprofit organization  
            established to, among other things, implement strategies to  
            reduce disparities in colorectal cancer screening, diagnosis,  
            and treatment among populations in California.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None.

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file.

           Opposition 
           
          None on file.
           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 








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