After facing my own mortality for the past year or so, I have had a chance to learn something. The fact is, most of these things are not cancer, and those that are, if caught in time, can be cured.
Every day brings some kind of breakthrough, and, it is really amazing what the medical profession can do these days. Chin up old man, positive energy heals, and that is what prayer is. We are all with you Mate, and this is one hell of a gang to be on the good side of.