I have a very large family and up until 6 months ago no one EVER had cancer in my family. We get parkinsons and lupus and some other diseases such as diabetes (which I have) high blood pressure and cholesterol. Other than that cancer has never even been an after thought among us. My aunt had very bad tooth pain about 6 months ago and a long story short, she now has full blown, stage 4 mouth, jaw, and throat cancer. It is so bad that it has been deemed incurable. She elected to go into hospice and live the rest of her now short life, as pain free as possible with medication and low doses of chemo. She has a feeding tube now and a trach in her throat and will not be with us very much longer. We have accepted this as a family and she also is aware of her fate.... Are we close to a cure for this horrible disease or will it be something that will forever baffle our doctors and scientists?