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My mother, godmother, first employer, great-aunt, and about a dozen others who are (or were) close to me have been diagnosed with cancer. Most have survived. Some have not. I know no one whose family hasn't been touched with this horrible, painful disease. At the time, all I could think of to do about it was pray. I felt so powerless against cancer.

I don't feel that way anymore. Thanks to walks, runs, jogs, book reading marathons, and other endeavors, people are aware of cancer and are donating funds to contribute to research. Someday (please, God, soon!) we will find out what causes cancer, and more importantly, what can wipe it out for good.

Will you be a part of that research? Please click on the link in my signature, and help us in the struggle. We need everyone.

Thank you so much, roothands!

Belial, will you read the post? Divash is talking about cancer research, as in research to find treatments and cures for cancer. Scientists are unable to come up with surefire cures for cancer as of now (that don't have adverse side effects). As far as for how it is caused, we don't know what causes cancer. You only described what cancer is, not what causes the malignant cells in the first place. I think you are reading something in this post that wasn't there to begin with. Also, you need to have respect for other members of this guild.

We don't know what causes people to get cancer. Sometimes perfectly healthy people get it. There are many theories about diet and free radicals among many things, but we don't know for sure why people get it. It might just be a random thing. In any case, we know what cancer is, which is what you described.