BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: August 17, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Richard Gordon, Chair
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76 (Gaines) - As Amended August 17, 2015
SENATE VOTE: 39-0
SUBJECT: Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.
SUMMARY: Designates September 2015 as Prostate Cancer Awareness
Month in California. Specifically, this resolution makes the
following legislative findings:
1)Prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in men
aside from skin cancer, and it is estimated that one in seven
men will develop this disease in his lifetime.
2)It is estimated that 21,060 men in California will be
diagnosed with prostate cancer this year, and an estimated
3,180 California men will die from this disease.
3)The survival rate approaches 100 percent when prostate cancer
is diagnosed and treated early, but drops to 28 percent when
it spreads to other parts of the body.
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4)Treatment options for prostate cancer vary depending on a
man's age, stage, and grade of his cancer, as well as his
other existing medical conditions.
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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