Could there be a single cure for cancer?
Most people assume that cancer is a single thing that would have a single cure. But really it is a type of thing that has many different causes. Because cancer takes many forms and even each instance of cancer has many factors that contribute to its being a cancer, it is unlikely for there to ever be a single cure. Rather, what’s more likely is that we will slowly make progress on common forms of cancer, each with their own unique solutions.
So if we are to find a cure for cancer it will really be the result of lots of cures for lots of different cancers.