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          Date of Hearing:  August 11, 2016 


                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES


                              Richard S. Gordon, Chair


          SCR  
                       145 (Gaines) - As Introduced May 17, 2016


          SENATE VOTE:  38-0


          SUBJECT:  Prostate Cancer Awareness Month


          SUMMARY:  Proclaims the month of September 2016 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)The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be  
            180,890 new cases of prostate cancer in the United States in  
            2016, resulting in an estimated 26,120 deaths.


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


          4)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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          5)Treatment options for prostate cancer vary depending on a  
            man's age, state, 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