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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 17
Author: La Malfa (R)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SUBJECT : Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution designates the month of
September 2011 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 last 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.
Approximately 217,730 new cases of the disease in the
United States were predicted for 2010, 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
American men are 50 percent more likely to develop this
disease than any other group of men.
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4. In California, approximately 20,120 men were predicted
to be diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2010 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.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
CTW:kc 7/13/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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