Glory
Obviously, fighting cancer is the easy part; beating cancer is the part that people really want to slow clap for.
Society really doesn't like cancer, so it does everything it can to get rid of it, which includes recognizing the men and women fighting the good fight. From research grants to Nobel prizes, this is the kind of career people want to celebrate. When you finally do make the discovery that gets your name in the papers, you can expect the accolades to start pouring in. Just be careful―some of those statuettes are heavy.