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                                                                  SCR 33
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          Date of Hearing:   June 20, 2013

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                   SCR 33 (Gaines) - As Introduced:  April 2, 2013

           SENATE VOTE :   36-0
           
          SUBJECT  :   Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.

           SUMMARY  :   Designates September 2013 as Prostate Cancer  
          Awareness Month in California and encourage public officials and  
          citizens of California to observe the month with appropriate  
          activities and programs.  Specifically,  this resolution  makes  
          the following legislative findings:

          1)Prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in men  
            aside from skin cancer and the second leading cause of cancer  
            death in men aside from lung cancer.

          2)The American Cancer Society estimates that one in six men will  
            develop prostate cancer in his lifetime with an estimated  
            238,590 new cases of the disease in the United States  
            predicted for 2013, which would result in an estimated 29,720  
            deaths.

          3)In California, prostate cancer is the most common cancer among  
            men in most racial and ethnic groups with African American men  
            being 45 percent more likely to develop the disease than  
            non-Hispanic white men and 58 percent more likely than  
            Hispanic men.

          4)In California, approximately 20,430 men are predicted to be  
            diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2013, and, of this number  
            approximately 3,085 men are predicted to die of this disease.   
            Survival rates approach 100 percent when prostate cancer is  
            diagnosed and treated early, but drops to 28 percent when the  
            disease has already spread to other parts of the body.

          5)The American Cancer Society recommends that all men be given  
            sufficient information on both the benefits and limitations of  
            early detection and testing for prostate cancer to allow each  
            man to make a decision based on personal values and  
            preferences.









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           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          None on file
           
            Opposition 
           
          None on file

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