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          Date of Hearing:   August 11, 2016


                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES


                              Richard S. Gordon, Chair


          SCR  
                      118 (Glazer) - As Introduced March 15, 2016


          SENATE VOTE:  36-0


          SUBJECT:  Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month


          SUMMARY:  Designates March 2016 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness  
          Month.  Specifically, 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. With proper screening, colorectal cancer can  
            be prevented or, if found early, treated and cured.

          2)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 percent.

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

          4)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 percent.








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          5)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.

          6)Colorectal cancer screening is one of the most cost-effective  
            prevention measures in health care, more cost-effective than  
            breast or prostate cancer screening.
              
          FISCAL EFFECT:  None


          REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:


          Support


          American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
          California Colorectal Cancer Coalition 


          Opposition
          None on file


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

















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