Commentary Years ago, a diagnosis of cancer meant a death sentence. Medically, we didn’t know enough about cancer and how best to treat it. But thankfully, there are new medical breakthroughs being developed that are giving hope to patients and their families everywhere. The breakthroughs in cancer research and therapeutics in recent years have led to dramatically better outcomes. We know so much more now about cancer—what causes it, how to treat it, and most importantly, how to prevent it—than we’ve ever known before. The amount of progress that we’ve made in the past few decades is almost beyond imagination, creating serious momentum in finding ways to defeat cancer that few would’ve expected 30 years ago. In fact, for the second year in a row, American death rates from cancer are starting to decline. It’s important that people recognize and learn about all these new developments for treating cancer. Which …