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So many of us have friends or family who have battled cancer, and we know how important it is to find a cure.

Although the elusive 'cure' may be a distant dream, understanding the true nature of cancer will enable it to be better controlled and less menacing.

Cancer affects all of us, whether you're a daughter, mother, sister, friend, coworker, doctor, patient.

Cancer is something that touches everyone's lives.

We all live with cancer, whether it is present in ourselves or affects someone we love.

Cancer affects so many people, and even if it hasn't affected someone in your family then you know someone who has had it.

Cancer is the great equalizer. Everyone is affected by it either themselves or through loved ones.

We may have to learn to live with cancer rather than die of it. It means a big change in our mindset and how we do research. We haven't quite reached there yet.

In the frantic search for an elusive 'cure,' few researchers stand back and ask a very basic question: why does cancer exist? What is its place in the grand story of life?

We may never understand illnesses such as cancer. In fact, we may never cure it. But an ounce of prevention is worth more than a million pounds of cure.