Sorry to hear about your folks. The staggering numbers are scary too. My mother is a breast cancer survivor. I just hope it's something I don't develop in my lifetime. The doctors found a polyp in my intestine, and it could in fact be cancerous. The first thing that was going through my mind was : I sure hope my boys don't develop cancer.
Next month I'm scheduled for a colonoscopy. It's not a fun topic but they say that early detection is vital to beating it, if it is in fact cancerous. :)