BILL ANALYSIS �
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SENATE THIRD READING
SCR 17 (Anderson and Ed Hernandez)
As Introduced February 28, 2013
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE :31-0
RULES 11-0
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|Ayes:|Skinner, Wilk, Bigelow, |
| |Brown, Chau, Donnelly, |
| |Hagman, Nazarian, V. |
| |Manuel P�rez, Quirk, |
| |Weber |
| | |
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SUMMARY : Designates April 7 to 13, 2013, inclusive, as Cancer
Prevention Week, and encourages individuals to participate in
the Cancer Prevention Study - 3 (CPS-3). Specifically, this
resolution makes the following legislative findings:
1)The American Cancer Society's CPS-3 is recruiting 300,000
adults across the United States to help better understand the
genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors that cause or
prevent cancer.
2)In 2013, more than 1,342,000 people will live with a history
of cancer, nearly 144,800 will be diagnosed with cancer, and
nearly 55,500 will die of cancer.
3)From 1988 to 2010, cancer incidence rates in California
declined by 9%.
4)Despite these improvements, nearly one in two Californians
born today will develop cancer at some point in their lives,
and it is likely that one in five will die of the disease.
5)The exact reasons why one individual develops cancer, and
another individual with very similar life experiences does
not, are beyond scientific understanding. Just as there are
many different types of cancers, there are many factors that
contribute to an individual's risk of developing cancer.
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6)The goal of the American Cancer Society's CPS-3 is to better
understand those factors that contribute to cancer.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
Analysis Prepared by : Mukhtar Ali / RLS. / (916) 319-2805
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