Bill Text: CA AR29 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relative to Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 48-24-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-09-03 - Read. Amended. Adopted. (Page 2827.). [AR29 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AR29-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: HR 29	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campos
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Achadjian,   Alejo,   Atkins,  
Baker,   Bigelow,   Bonilla,   Brough,
  Brown,   Burke,   Calderon,  
Chang,   Chau,   Chávez,   Chu,  
Cooley,   Cooper,   Dababneh,   Dahle,
  Daly,   Dodd,   Eggman,  
Frazier,   Beth Gaines,   Gallagher,  
Cristina Garcia,   Eduardo Garcia,   Gatto, 
 Gipson,   Gomez,   Gonzalez,  
Gordon,   Gray,   Grove,   Hadley, 
 Harper,   Holden,   Irwin,   Jones,
  Jones-Sawyer,   Kim,   Lackey, 
 Levine,   Linder,   Lopez,  
Maienschein,   Mayes,   McCarty,  Medina,
  Melendez,   Mullin,   Nazarian, 
 Obernolte,   O'Donnell,   Olsen,  
Patterson,   Perea,   Quirk,   Rendon,
  Ridley-Thomas,   Rodriguez,   Salas,
  Santiago,   Steinorth,   Mark Stone,
  Thurmond,   Ting,   Wagner,  
Waldron,   Weber,   Wilk,   Williams,
  and Wood   ) 

                        AUGUST 19, 2015

   Relative to Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
             HOUSE OR SENATE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN A DIGEST



   WHEREAS, Each year in the United States, over 20,000 women are
diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and about 14,500 women die of this
disease; and
   WHEREAS, If diagnosed and treated at an early stage before the
cancer spreads outside of the ovary, the treatment is potentially
less costly, and the five-year survival rate is higher, at
approximately 70 percent. However, fewer than 20 percent of ovarian
cancer patients are diagnosed early. An overwhelming 80 percent of
all ovarian cancer patients are diagnosed at advanced stages; and
   WHEREAS, Although mortality rates for other cancers have been
reduced due to the capabilities of early detection and enhanced
treatments, ovarian cancer causes more deaths than any other cancer
of the female reproductive system. Unfortunately, women with ovarian
cancer do not share the luxury of early detection. This cancer is
among the deadliest of all gynecologic cancers; and
   WHEREAS, Ovarian cancer has been predicted to reach epidemic
proportions as the population ages because advancing age is one of
the known risk factors for the development of ovarian cancer. About
90 percent of women who get ovarian cancer are older than 40 years of
age, with the greatest number of cases occurring in women 60 years
of age or older; and
   WHEREAS, The symptoms of ovarian cancer are vague and not well
known by the public. While ovarian cancer is the ninth most common
cancer among the female population, it is the fifth leading cause of
cancer-related deaths among women; and
   WHEREAS, When ovarian cancer is found in its early stages,
treatment works best. Ovarian cancer often causes signs and symptoms,
so it is important for women to pay attention to their bodies and
know what is normal for them. Symptoms may be caused by something
other than cancer, but the only way to know is for women to see their
doctor, nurse, or other health care professional; and
   WHEREAS, It is critical for women, physicians, and all health care
providers to recognize the risk factors and symptoms of gynecologic
cancers and to remember the importance of early detection in
preventing and treating this disease; and
   WHEREAS, It is incumbent upon the citizens of the State of
California to work together as concerned people to increase research
in understanding the causes, finding effective screening and
prevention strategies, and developing improved therapies for ovarian
cancers; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the
Assembly hereby recognizes the month of September 2015, and every
September thereafter, as Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month throughout
the State of California, and encourages and promotes the efforts of
the people and the health care practitioners of the state to increase
their awareness of this disease and to educate themselves about its
early detection and prevention, the risk factors involved in its
development, and the early warning symptoms and signs; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.