Amended in Assembly July 16, 2015

Amended in Assembly July 7, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 68

Introduced by Assembly Member Steinorth

(Principal coauthor: Senator Vidak)

(Coauthors: Assembly Members Chang, Chávez, Dahle, Eduardo Garcia, Lackey, Lopez, Maienschein, Olsen, Rodriguez, begin delete and Wilk end delete begin insert Wilk, Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Atkins, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chiu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Daly, Dodd, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Low, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Obernolte, end insert begin insert O’Donnell, Patterson, Perea, Quirk, Salas, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Williams, and Wood end insert )

(Coauthors: Senators Allen, Anderson, Bates, Hall, Huff, Moorlach, Morrell, Nielsen, and Wieckowski)

May 11, 2015

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 68—Relative to Breast Cancer Awareness and Prevention Month.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

ACR 68, as amended, Steinorth. Breast Cancer Awareness and Prevention Month.

This measure would proclaim the month of October 2015 as “Breast Cancer Awareness and Prevention Month.”

Fiscal committee: no.

WHEREAS, According to the American Cancer Society, with
the exception of skin cancer, breast cancer is the most commonly
diagnosed cancer among American women; and

WHEREAS, Breast cancer is second only to lung cancer as the
leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women; and

WHEREAS, Approximately 24,985 women and 200 men are
diagnosed with breast cancer in California each year, and
approximately 4,280 women and 35 men die of the disease; and

WHEREAS, The number of women who die of breast cancer
each year in California constitutes one-tenth of the number of
women who die of breast cancer in the United States; and

WHEREAS, The chance of a woman having invasive breast
cancer in her lifetime is about 1 in 8, and the chance of dying from
breast cancer is about 1 in 36; and

WHEREAS, The risk of getting breast cancer increases with
age; and

WHEREAS, Earlier detection of breast cancer through
mammography and self-examination increases chances of
successful treatment; and

WHEREAS, With early detection and proper treatment, the
five-year relative survival rate for breast cancer has increased from
72 percent in the 1940s to 89.2 percent today. However, once the
cancer spreads beyond the breast, the survival rate drops to a mere
25 percent even with modern treatments and technologies; and

WHEREAS, The United States Preventive Services Task Force
recommends that women between 50 and 74 years of age should
have a breast examination by a health expert every two years; and

WHEREAS, Mammography is the single most effective method
of detecting breast changes that may be cancer, long before physical
symptoms, detectable lumps, or abnormalities can be felt; and

WHEREAS, It is in the best interest of all Californians to join
this continuing battle against breast cancer by promoting greater
awareness of the need for early detection, appropriate treatment,
and the importance of finding a cure, as well as a means of
prevention; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the month of October 2015 is hereby
declared “Breast Cancer Awareness and Prevention Month” in
California; and be it further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies
of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.