Patricia’s lung cancer journey was on the frontier of cancer science. Throughout her battle we anxiously awaited the next breakthrough that would allow her to live. Fortunately, there were many key breakthroughs for Patricia that allowed her to live a high quality life for 6 years with Stage 4 lung cancer, however, in the end her cancer outran the science. With targeted drug therapies and immunotherapies along with conventional techniques, people are living longer with much higher quality lives. The fundamental knowledge and technology is in place. It is only a matter of time and money before science will make lung cancer a manageable and in some cases curable disease. My family is so grateful for the dedicated scientist and doctors that have devoted their lives to this mission and to the organizations that are absolutely necessary to fund and accelerate their progress.