Posts Tagged ‘life expectancy’

Stage 4 breast cancer?

What is the life expectancy for someone with stage IV breast cancer, age is early 60′s. They’ve decided to only treat it with hormones (anti-estrogen) because of how far it’s spread.

Why does women's health get more attention than men's?

…while men’s health issues are relatively ignored?
Why do (presumably) women’s health sites and organizations vastly outnumber those for men?
Why is there a hospital in Richmond dedicating an ENTIRE Ć’UCKlNG FLOOR to surgery for just women, that would necessarily reject any man with an identical condition?
Why does breast cancer receive more funding then any other disease, when it can often be self-diagnosed and while colon cancer kills twice as many people?
Can the gap in life expectancy be attributed to any of this sexism?