If you're over 65 and have a progressive doctor, the government already pays for this as part of Medicare benefits when screening for colon cancer.

I am in California right now, taking care of my parents, dad has advanced Alzheimers and mom has Lung Cancer.

He was diagnosed with Renal Cell Carcinoma (Kidney cancer) on January 6th and had his left kidney and grapefruit sized tumor removed on January 8th.

This is old news.He has taken leave of absences before.He had Pancreatic cancer before which is the deadliest form of cancer to get.There are different types of Pancreatic cancer and the least severe one has about a 5% survival rate to give you an idea.Jobs has had organ transplants and other procedures over the years to keep prolonging his life.He has known for some time he is not cured but delaying the inevitable.They have been planning his departure for years.This is not a chock the company wasn't expecting.I really don't think all that much will happen in the long term.Just because he will not be running the day to day operations does not mean he will not have any input on the direction or innovation of the company moving forward.Many owners retire but still sit on the board and give input.

He's got terminal cancer. 

This will vary person to person but there are many people who haven't even "stressed tested" their real estate portfolios to even account for a depreciating market.This is also one area where the much maligned Cleveland cash flow crowd is in a better position than the "real wealth" San Fran equity out crowd:  the cash flow folks can likely cover their margin with the rental generated cash flow, if you've equity stripped your San Fran assets to expand your empire you really have no recourse if the APV goes down and you are overextended relative to your cash reserves.

They are like a cancer.

I need to protect the investment for my sons as I am out of work with Stage IV breast cancer, with the new treatments out there I could be around for quite a while.

Similarly, in another experiment, health researchers found that their efforts to get young women to check for breast cancer through self-examination were significantly more successful if they stated their case in terms of what the women stood to lose in terms of health benefits as opposed to what they could gain.

You have to have no problem posting a eviction notice (pay or quit) on an old man with cancer.