Can we just be done with the dreaded C

Over the last few years there has never been a word I have heard so much or feared everytime I heard it spoken by anyone.
We have all been affected by it and I am sure we all dread it the same ways as our friends neighbors and enemies alike.
It really struck home to me in 2010 when Matthew and I lived in Vancouver and my mother called me in April of that year to tell me she had cancer and had to go into University Hospital in Edmonton immediately. Well with the help of Matts parents I was on a flight and in Calgary that afternoon and driving Mom to Edmonton the next morning and staying there for over three weeks to support her and be there with her through her surgery and appointments, at the hospital everyday from 7am to 10pm or later, and I am glad I did this for her and for me.
They ended up removing her tumor and she lost her sight in her one eye due to the surgery and position of the tumor, over the next few months she went through six months of extensive chemo and then through another 12 weeks of radiation after the chemo was done. Matt and I went out during the radiation  and again spent another 2 weeks with her in a motel in Edmonton. So glad we both did this and that we were there for her.
Since this time we have lost many friends due to Cancer and seen it affect almost everyone we have known and been friends with over the years and through are moves.
My mother passed away from Cancer in June of 2014, followed not to long after by Matts mom in November of 2014 from Cancer and then my father from Cancer in April 2016 and Matts father in September of 2016.
We have seen friends and friends of friends pass away after a short or long battle with Cancer and we have seen others beat it and move on with their lives, though they never forget and always live with the fear that at any point they are at risk for it to emerge its ugly head in their lives again.
To all of you fighting cancer or their to support someone during their fight and for all who have lost someone to the battle, let it be known you are not alone and never will be. This is one disease that bonds us together whether we like it or not.
Love and support to friends going through this right now and to friends who have been through this in the past.
I really want to just stop hearing the word unless they come out and say , we have found a cure!