Cancer used to be considered as a certain death sentence once upon a time.
But it is not so anymore.
We now have a new outlook on cancer.
Being diagnosed with and struggling with invasive cancer can be a horrifying and a frustrating experience.
But modern medical science is beginning to turn the corner in the fight against this devastating disease.
Advances in medical technology help us diagnose and pinpoint the location of tumors well in advance.
There are an array of treatments that limit the damage of these tumors and side effects.
More than anything an increasing number of cancer survivors - around 12 million in United States alone should give hope for any cancer patient.
More than 12 million have survived cancer in America.
They now view their condition as cured or benign rather than fatal.
They are able to get back to their work and normal days within days of an operation.
Cancer no longer means an end of life but a beginning of life's next challenge.
It is a lifelong challenge because you may be required to fight this disease for a very long time.
In a way it is good news as longer the battle is the longer you stay in the game - the game of life.
For example anyone who is diagnosed with bladder will have to find good urologist he really likes.
Because he is going to need that urologist for a very long time.
Cancer patients should stop thinking that it is their dying time but instead they should be thinking "every day and every moment will be living time".
With accelerating pace of cancer research and scientific breakthroughs there are constantly emerging new opportunities for treatment, remission and cure to this disease.
But unfortunately public knowledge - even among those in the medical field and the highly educated lags behind the modern day medical progress.
Even friends or relatives may convey a sense of gloom and doom when you are upbeat and full of optimism.
The new era cancer detection and treatment is far more positive and effective than what most people assume.
The old doomsayers are still with us but they are gradually giving way to newer and bolder perspective on cancer.