BILL NUMBER: SCR 14	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 14, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Aanestad
    (   Coauthors:   Senators   Cox
  and DeSaulnier   ) 
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Bill Berryhill,   Block,   De Leon,  
DeVore,   Gilmore,   Hall,   Huffman,
  Jeffries,   Krekorian,   Lieu, 
 Ma,   Monning,   Nestande,   Niello,
  Portantino,   Silva,   Smyth,  
Torrico,   and Yamada   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2009

   Relative to Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 14, as amended, Aanestad. Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.
   This measure would designate the month of September 2009 as
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in the State of California and would
encourage public officials and citizens to observe the month with
appropriate activities and programs.
   Fiscal committee: yes.



   WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society estimates that one in
 ____   six men will develop prostate
cancer in their lifetime and that there will be 
approximately ____   over 192,000  new cases of the
disease in the United States in the current year, resulting in
 nearly ____   over 27,000  deaths; and
   WHEREAS, In California, prostate cancer is the most common cancer
among men in all race and ethnic groups. African American men are
 ____   45  percent more likely to develop
this disease than any other group of men; and
   WHEREAS, In California, approximately  ____  
18,000  men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year
and each day more than  ____   eight 
California men will die of this disease; and
   WHEREAS, While prostate cancer is a leading cause of cancer deaths
in men, little is known about this disease and there are usually no
symptoms in the early stages; and
   WHEREAS, The survival rate approaches  ____  
100  percent when prostate cancer is diagnosed and treated
early, but drops to  ____   32  percent
when the disease spreads to other parts of the body; and
   WHEREAS, Early detection is key to survival and the American
Cancer Society recommends that every man should be offered screening
tests determined by his age and risk factor, including an annual
prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood test and digital rectal
examination  (DRE)  ; and
   WHEREAS, Men who have several close relatives who have been
diagnosed with prostate cancer at an early age should begin their
testing at 40 years of age; and
   WHEREAS, Men who have a father, son, or brother who was diagnosed
with prostate cancer before 65 years of age, and all African American
men, should begin testing at 45 years of age; and
   WHEREAS, Other men should begin testing at 50 years of age if they
have a life expectancy of at least an additional 10 years; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature designates the month of
September 2009 as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in the State of
California and that public officials and citizens of California are
encouraged to observe the month with appropriate activities and
programs; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature joins communities across our nation
to increase the awareness of the importance of early detection and
treatment of prostate cancer; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.