That's exactly so Ana! We look at what has happened with HIV since the 1980's when it was a death sentence. Now people live full, long lives with ongoing treatment of HIV. In many cases, the disease is so well-controlled it stays at levels that are undetectable. We need the same kind of concerted research efforts and breakthroughs in cancer treatment, and we are just beginning to get them. My peers and I who go into clinical trials for these drugs are truly living on the cutting edge. Lung cancer researched has lagged so far behind research into other cancers because of "smoking stigma" and because, with hundreds of potential genetic drivers and new mutations developing in response to treatment, the disease seems intractable. But once upon a time, the moon was out of human reach too.