BILL NUMBER: SCR 86 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 15, 2010
INTRODUCED BY Senator Aanestad
( Coauthors: Senators Cox,
DeSaulnier, Huff, and Wiggins
)
( Coauthors: Assembly Members
Block, Blumenfield, DeVore,
Gilmore, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones,
Lieu, Ma, Nielsen, Smyth,
and Swanson )
MARCH 9, 2010
Relative to Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCR 86, as amended, Aanestad. Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.
This measure would designate the month of September 2010 as
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in the State of California.
Fiscal committee: no.
WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society estimates that one in six men
will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime and that there will
be approximately ____ 217,730 new cases
of the disease in the United States in the current year, resulting
in nearly ____ 32,050 deaths; and
WHEREAS, In California, prostate cancer is the most common cancer
among men in all race and ethnic groups. African American men are 50
percent more likely to develop this disease than any other group of
men; and
WHEREAS, In California, approximately ____
20,120 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 ____ 31 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
WHEREAS, A prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test and a
digital rectal examination (DRE) diagnose most prostate cancers
before symptoms develop; and
WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society recommends that health
care providers offer the PSA and DRE annually to men who have at
least a 10-year life expectancy, beginning when the men are 50 years
of age; and
WHEREAS, Men who have a father, son, or brother who has been
diagnosed with prostate cancer before 65 years of age, and African
American men should be offered a PSA and DRE annually beginning when
they are 45 years of age; and
WHEREAS, Men who have multiple family members who have been
diagnosed with prostate cancer before 65 years of age should be
offered a PSA and 523DRE annually beginning when they are 40 years of
age; 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 2010 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.
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