This is the 16th Maryland Half-Marathon - and it'll be the 16th one that I've run (or walked, or limped, or staggered, take your pick). The work done by nurses and techs, researchers and doctors, therapists and scientists never stops -- so we can't either.
There's been so much progress in cancer research in just the last few years: promising new preventative and therapeutic treatments that can be customized to each patient's physiology. It feels like we're getting closer to the day when we finally beat this terrible disease. But until we get there - the fight continues.