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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  SCR 145
          Author:   Gaines (R)
          Introduced:5/17/16  
          Vote:     21  

           SUBJECT:   Prostate Cancer Awareness Month


          SOURCE:    California Prostate Cancer Coalition


          DIGEST:          This resolution proclaims the month of September 2016  
          as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in California.
          ANALYSIS:   This resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings:


          1)Prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in men  
            aside from skin cancer. 


          2)An estimated one in seven men will develop this disease in  
            their lifetime.


          3)The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be  
            180,890 new cases of prostate cancer in the U.S. in 2016,  
            resulting in an estimated 26,120 deaths.


          4)An estimated 17,240 men in California will be diagnosed with  
            prostate cancer this year, and an estimated 3,050 men in  
            California will die from this disease. 










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          5)African American men have the highest prostate cancer  
            incidence rates in the world, and their prostate cancer  
            mortality rate in the U.S. is more than twice that of any  
            other ethnic group of men.


          6)Early prostate cancer usually has no symptoms, and studies  
            suggest strong familial predisposition may be responsible for  
            5-10% of the disease cases.


          7)The survival rate approaches 100% when prostate cancer is  
            diagnosed and treated early, but it drops to 28% when it  
            spreads to other parts of the body.


          This resolution proclaims the month of September 2016 as  
          Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in California to increase  
          awareness about the importance for men to make informed  
          decisions with their health care providers about early detection  
          and testing for prostate cancer.


          Related/Prior Legislation


          SCR 76 (Gaines, Resolution Chapter 148, Statutes of 2015)  
          designated September 2015 as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in  
          California.


          SCR 101 (Gaines, Resolution Chapter 118, Statutes of 2014)  
          designated September 2014 as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in  
          the State of California.


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


          SUPPORT:   (Verified5/23/16)









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          California Prostate Cancer Coalition (source)




          OPPOSITION:   (Verified5/23/16)


          None received





          Prepared by:  Melissa Ward / SFA / (916) 651-1520
          5/26/16 13:18:19


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