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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 89
Author: Wolk (D)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SUBJECT : Lynch Syndrome Hereditary Cancer Public Awareness
Day
SOURCE : Lynch Syndrome International
DIGEST : This resolution recognizes and supports the
importance of public awareness and education regarding Lynch
syndrome by declaring March 22, 2014, as Lynch Syndrome
Hereditary Cancer Public Awareness Day.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1.Lynch syndrome is caused by a genetic defect to a mismatch
repair gene which is intended to correct errors which occur in
DNA replication which create a very high lifetime risk of
contracting various cancers, including up to 82% for
colorectal cancer and 60% for endometrial cancer, as well as
higher than average risk of cancers of the ovaries, the
pancreas, the bladder, the kidney, the gastric tract, the
hepatobiliary tract, the prostate, the breast, the skin, and
the brain.
2.These cancers often occur at a much younger than average age
and are often aggressive leading to cancer metastases in two
to three years, as opposed to spontaneous cancers and one in
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every 440 persons are projected to be affected by Lynch
syndrome, which includes approximately 86,450 Californians, of
which less than 5% of those persons are currently diagnosed.
3.In 2013, in the State of California, it was projected that
14,115 new cases of colorectal cancer were expected to occur,
and 6,250 cases of uterine cancer were expected to occur, of
which 3 to 5% of those cases would be the direct result of
Lynch syndrome.
4.Genetic counseling and testing could identify these
individuals and afford the opportunity for preventive measures
of annual cancer screenings in which these cancers could be
removed or treated before becoming life threatening, and these
interventions are the closest thing to the equivalent of a
cure of Lynch syndrome hereditary cancers and can protect
families and save lives.
5.Education and public awareness can encourage individuals to
learn their family histories of cancer and discuss them with
their physicians, thereby saving tens of thousands of
California lives from the threat of hereditary cancers.
This resolution recognizes and supports the importance of public
awareness and education regarding Lynch syndrome by declaring
March 22, 2014, as Lynch Syndrome Hereditary Cancer Public
Awareness Day.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 3/4/14)
Lynch Syndrome International (source)
JL:k 3/4/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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