BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 86
Author: Aanestad (R), et al
Amended: 8/12/10
Vote: 21
WITHOUT REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE OR FILE
SUBJECT : Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
SOURCE : California Prostate Cancer Coalition
DIGEST : This resolution designates the month of
September 2010 as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in the
State of California.
ANALYSIS : Resolution findings:
1. Prostate cancer impacts all Californians and has
touched the Senate of the State of California this year
with the passing of Senator Dave Cox after a 13-year
battle with the disease.
2. 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.
3. In California, prostate cancer is the most common
cancer among men in all race and ethnic groups. African
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American men are 50 percent more likely to develop this
disease than any other group of men.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. A prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test and a
digital rectal examination (DRE) diagnose most prostate
cancers before symptoms develop.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10.Men who have multiple family members who have been
diagnosed with prostate cancer before 65 years of age
should be offered a PSA and DRE annually beginning when
they are 40 years of age.
This resolution designates the month of September 2010 as
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in the State of California.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/13/10)
California Prostate Cancer Coalition (source)
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CTW:kc 8/16/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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