BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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SENATE THIRD READING
SCR 33 (Gaines)
As Introduced April 2, 2013
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE :36-0
RULES 9-0
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|Ayes:|Skinner, Wilk, Bigelow, |
| |Brown, Gonzalez, Hagman, |
| |V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, |
| |Weber |
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SUMMARY : Designates September 2013 as Prostate Cancer Awareness
Month in California and encourages 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% more likely to develop the disease than non-Hispanic
white men and 58% 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% when prostate cancer is diagnosed
and treated early, but drops to 28% when the disease has
already spread to other parts of the body.
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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 his personal values and
preferences.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
Analysis Prepared by : Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800
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