Yesterday we told you about Utah's littlest cancer crusaders on the front lines. Today, we want to tell you about a cancer crusader working behind the scenes.

Utah industrialist Jon Huntsman and News Specialist Dick Nourse spoke the other day about their bouts with cancer and the nearly completed Huntsman Cancer Institute.

Six years ago, when billionaire Jon Huntsman was diagnosed with cancer - his goal was to simply survive.

Today - he has a new goal - he's spending a fortune in search for a cure for cancer.

Dick Nourse: "YOU TOLD ME A LONG TIME AGO THAT IF IT TOOK YOUR FORTUNE TO DO IT, YOU'D DO IT."

Jon Huntsman: "OH, ABSOLUTELY. THE GREAT THING IS, DICK, WE STARTED OUT WITH NOTHING. I MEAN JUST SOME KIDS FROM FILLMORE AND IF IT TAKES EVERY PENNY WE HAVE, I MEAN WHAT A GREATER LEGACY AND CAUSE THAT WE'LL EVER DO THAN TO TRY TO HELP RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF OTHERS."

Construction is almost complete on the Huntsman Cancer Institute. World-renowned doctors and researchers - whom Huntsman has recruited from the best cancer centers around the globe - will begin moving in this summer.

When it opens in September, 500 people will work here.

The institute focuses on five cancers - prostate, breast, colon, brain, and children's cancers. The world's top oncologists already rank the Huntsman Institute as among the best in the country.

Jon Huntsman: "IN COLON CANCER, WE WERE JUST WONDERFULLY SURPRISED WHEN THEY SAID THE HUNTSMAN CANCER INSTITUTE, ALREADY, WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE, RANKS NUMBER ONE WITH JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY AS THE NUMBER ONE IN COLON CANCER. AND I MEAN, I ALMOST CRIED. IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE."

Huntsman hopes even the institute's design will set it apart. He dispatched architects to every major cancer center for ideas.

Jon Huntsman: "IF YOU LOOK UP OUT TO THE BUILDING AND YOU LOOK AT THE GLASS THAT KIND OF COMES AROUND IN A SEMICIRCLE AND YOU LOOK OUT AT THESE BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAINS BEHIND US, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR CHEMOTHERAPY PATIENTS. SO WHEN THEY ARE TAKING CHEMOTHERAPY, THEY CAN LOOK UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS, THEY CAN SEE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS AND BEAUTIFUL TREES, THESE BEAUTIFUL FOOTHILLS, IT'S ALL GLASS."

He hopes patients will be inspired while undergoing what are primarily painful procedures.

Jon Huntsman: "GUYS LIKE YOU AND ME WHO HAVE HAD THE DISEASE AND GONE THROUGH THE TREATMENTS KNOW HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO HAVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND SURROUNDINGS OF THAT KIND OF SITUATION."

Huntsman admits the search for a cure is a road that may not end.

Dick Nourse: "DO YOU FEEL GOOD RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU'RE AT WITH RESEARCH GOING ON HERE?"

Jon Huntsman: "YOU KNOW DICK, I'LL NEVER FEEL COMFORTABLE. I GUESS THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS CENTER HERE AND WE'LL KEEP ADDING TO THIS CENTER AND WE'LL KEEP ADDING THE LATEST STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENT. BUT WE'RE NOT MOVING FAST ENOUGH. WE'VE BEEN AFTER THIS CANCER CURES AND CANCER SOLUTIONS AND TREATMENTS NOW FOR 30 OR 40 YEARS."