Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Men and breast cancer

An obvious double standard:

So, a patient advocate from the Charleston Cancer Center tried to help. She found a state program, federally funded, that provides medicaid for breast cancer patients and applied. But Raymond was denied.

Why? Because he's a man.

[...] Breast cancer in men may be rare, but it does happen. Statistics show one in 100 men will get it, roughly 2,100 cases a year.

No comments:

Post a Comment