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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  SCR 118
          Author:   Glazer (D), et al.
          Introduced:3/15/16  
          Vote:     21  

           SUBJECT:   Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month


          SOURCE:    Author


          DIGEST:          This resolution designates March 2016 as Colorectal  
          Cancer Awareness Month.
          ANALYSIS:   This resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings:


          1)Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths  
            in Californians, with 14,510 new cases and 5,180 deaths  
            expected in 2016.


          2)With proper screening, colorectal cancer can be prevented or,  
            if found early, treated and cured.


          3)According to the United States Preventive Services Task Force,  
            access to appropriate use of colorectal cancer screening tests  
            could reduce death rates of colon cancer up to 66%.


          4)In 2013, only 49% of California adults 50 years of age and  
            older had received a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy, and 34% had  
            received a fecal occult blood test to screen for colorectal  
            cancer. 








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          5)The uninsured, underinsured, and underserved are least likely  
            to get screening for colorectal cancer, which means they are  
            more likely to be diagnosed at a late stage when chances of  
            survival drop to 13%. 


          6)In California, colorectal cancer is the most common cancer  
            among Korean men and Hmong women, the second most common  
            cancer among Hispanic, Japanese, South Asian, Kampuchean, and  
            Hawaiian men, and the second most common cancer among Chinese,  
            Filipino, Hispanic, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Vietnamese, and  
            Hawaiian women. African Americans have the highest colorectal  
            cancer incidence and mortality rates of all racial groups in  
            this country.


          7)Colorectal cancer screening is one of the most cost-effective  
            prevention measures in health care, more cost-effective than  
            breast or prostate cancer screening.


          This resolution designates March 2016 as Colorectal Cancer  
          Awareness Month.


          Prior Legislation


          ACR 111 (Levine, Resolution Chapter 25, Statutes of 2014)  
          designated the month of March 2014 as Colorectal Cancer  
          Awareness Month.


          FISCAL EFFECT:   Appropriation:    No          Fiscal  
          Com.:NoLocal:    No


          SUPPORT:   (Verified3/28/16)










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          American Cancer Society Action Network
          California Colorectal Cancer Coalition


          OPPOSITION:   (Verified3/28/16)


          None received





          Prepared by:  Melissa Ward / SFA / (916) 651-1520
          3/30/16 15:39:19


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