The idea that a cure for cancer is being suppressed is one of the stupidest, most ignorant things I've ever heard. I'm going to make a list now:
1. Cancer isn't one thing. Prostate cancer doesn't share as many similarities with colon or lung cancer as you may think. A generic cancer cure that works on the ridiculously complex array of all cancers is either impossible or near-impossible. If we ever do develop cures for cancers it will likely be piece-meal in nature.
2. Whoever developed a cure for any disease, cancer or otherwise, would be swimming in money until the patents run out.
3. Many physicians spend large chunks of their lives doing research on how to prevent or improve disease states. As someone who is about to graduate medical school, I can safely say that there's plenty of work to go around. We aren't scheming to withhold the magical cure for your irritable bowel syndrome.
4. Does anyone really believe that cancer researchers go to their labs and do fake work all day?
5. Many researchers work for the government. Given how retarded our medical spending is, I'm pretty sure the government would love to cut out a large chunk of their Medicaid/Medicare reimbursements.
6. Oncologists wouldn't stop existing if all cancers were cured. Someone is going to have to diagnose, treat, and manage patients who develop a need for a cure.
There's probably a few thousand more reasons, but I feel I've written enough for now.
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