Many Americans are living with a diagnosis of cancer. Researchers are learning more and more about what causes cancer. Looking into how it grows, and progresses. They are looking for better ways to detect, prevent, and treat the people diagnosed. These researchers, who have been looking for a cure, or at best, better treatment for many years. Researchers are not only looking for ways to prevent, and cure it, but to also improve the quality …showed first 75 words of 2100 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2100 total…trying to help. There are many other possibilities that a cancer patient has, I am just describing the, who, what, why, when, how; and my personal experiences. "You did not choose to be a cancer patient. Right now not having cancer is not and option." (Hoffman pg, 101) In spite of the devastating illness that is cancer, I hope that this begins to explain the difficulties, the dreams, and the hopes that these unfortunate people have.