As I have gotten older I have had to deal with friends and family who have had to battle this disease. My family has a friend with a very fast growing cancer. He started with a five percent chance of living but thanks to radiation and chemotherapy his percentage has increased to fifty percent. He is a very close friend to our family so our thoughts were sober and life was very real this Christmas season.
Cancer is a frightening word that brings many fears to our minds.
It is a disease that affects almost every individual in some way. It is found in our closest friends as well as our family members. Even though cancer is such a serious disease not many know the details of how it works. The hope for the future is that an increase in knowledge will give us better treatments for those we love. Cancer is a disease of cells.