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Bill No: SJR 27
Author: Simitian (D), et al.
Amended: 8/6/12
Vote: 21
SENATE FLOOR : 36-0, 6/18/12
AYES: Alquist, Anderson, Berryhill, Blakeslee, Calderon,
Cannella, Corbett, Correa, De Le�n, DeSaulnier, Dutton,
Emmerson, Evans, Fuller, Gaines, Harman, Hernandez, Huff,
Kehoe, La Malfa, Leno, Lieu, Lowenthal, Negrete McLeod,
Padilla, Price, Rubio, Simitian, Steinberg, Strickland,
Vargas, Walters, Wolk, Wright, Wyland, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Hancock, Liu, Pavley, Runner
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 66-0, 8/6/12 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Are You Dense Day
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution recognizes August 8, 2012, as
Are You Dense? Day 2012, to raise awareness of the risks
associated with breast density and the potential benefits
of other screening tools to supplement mammography.
Assembly Amendments add coauthors.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
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1.The National Cancer Institute estimates that one in eight
women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime and
breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death
in women.
2.40 percent of women who get a mammogram have dense breast
tissue.
3.Women who have dense breast tissue have a four to six
times greater risk of developing breast cancer compared
to women of the same age and health, and are twice as
likely to develop breast cancer compared to women of the
same age and health who have a first degree relative with
breast cancer.
4.Research has shown that, using mammography alone, up to
75 percent of cancer is missed in women who have dense
breast tissue and dense breast tissue is the most common
reason a mammogram fails to detect cancer.
5.Although dense breast tissue is routinely observed,
characterized, and communicated between doctors as a part
of a mammogram examination, doctors speak to less than 9
percent of women about breast density and 95 percent of
women do not know their breast density.
6.Medical research has shown that the rate of breast cancer
detection in women with dense breast tissue increases
substantially when breast cancer screening methods, such
as ultrasound or magnetic resonance imaging, are used to
supplement mammography.
7.Patient knowledge of breast tissue density has the
potential to spare many women the tremendous physical and
emotional suffering and financial strain associated with
the treatment of advanced breast cancer and can reduce
the cost of treating breast cancer by facilitating a
diagnosis earlier and allowing treatment to begin when
the cancers are smaller and more easily treatable.
8.Breast density information should be shared with the
patient before the patient and doctor can begin informed
discussions regarding the most appropriate and effective
breast cancer screening approaches for each individual
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patient.
This resolution recognizes August 8, 2012, as "Are You
Dense?" Day 2012, to raise awareness of the risks
associated with breast density and the potential benefits
of other screening tools to supplement mammography.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 66-0, 8/6/12
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Charles Calderon, Campos, Carter,
Cedillo, Conway, Davis, Dickinson, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher,
Fong, Furutani, Beth Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto,
Gorell, Grove, Hagman, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hern�ndez,
Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight,
Lara, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza,
Miller, Mitchell, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Olsen, Pan,
Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, Portantino, Solorio, Swanson,
Torres, Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada,
John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Atkins, Butler, Chesbro, Cook, Donnelly,
Fuentes, Gordon, Halderman, Hall, Monning, Norby, Silva,
Skinner, Smyth
CTW:d 8/8/12 Senate Floor Analyses
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