While I absolutely believe Big Pharma is basically evil AF, IF there were a cure for cancer, they would stand to make TRILLIONS of dollars.
They're too greedy to pass that up.

There are enough potential whistleblowers out there to ensure that such knowledge would be exposed.I am afraid Americans in particular, as the home of the movie industry and evangelical types in all fields of human activity are dreadfully prone to conspiracy theories.When we do not have an answer to a pressing problem it is so easy to claim that the solution is being kept from us by “them” although no one seems to be able to accurately define who exactly is keeping us in the dark.

As greedy as companies are i think they would gain more from a cure.

There are already cures for many forms of cancer, cancer is not a disease it is the description of a condition.

I'm sorry, the poll has many other answers.
Most medical progress these days requires deep pockets. No doubt, Big Pharma is indeed greedy and the most profitable industry in the United States.

That doesn't mean that there some secret cure for cancer. If there is a cure, it should be subject to the scientific method, which is independent of capitalism or socialism or any kind of ism.

The Gold Standard are REPLICATED controlled clinical studies, published the top PEER REVIEWED, scholarly publications in the world. Many studies must be submitted to the FDA, This process is not perfect, but then, the development of medical cures is obscenely expensive.

Many things appear to be true, but fail to hold up under the gold standard of REPLICATED clinical studies, hopefully done by someone trying to prove it wrong.

That said, perhaps the most advanced research in Cancer is being done by Genentech, now owned by the German company Roche. They provide new cures for cancer using immunotherapy, using the bodies own immune system to fight the cancers. It does not have any of the side effects of
Chemotherapy.

However, in some countries with socialized medicine, including Great Britain, they have chosen to provide their citizen Chemo instead of Genentechs more effective treatment, without the toxins of chemo.

Why not use Genentech's drugs? Because they cost more.

That said, I fully supported socialized health care for the entire population. However, we simply do not see the advances in medicine being done in any non capitalistic nation.

Let me provide a vivid example. In China the three primary causes of blindness, first is Trachoma is the leading cause of infectious blindness in humans. This is treatable with antibiotics or other drugs for parasites.

The second is Cataracts, again, easily cured with Cataract surgery. 98% of cataract patients get their complete eye sight back without any complication.

The Third leading cause for blindness in China is Cataract Surgery.

This is not true in the US or any other advanced Capitalist Country.

I rest my case.

No, there are always going to be conspiracy theorists that will believe that big pharma is suppressing an absolute cure for cancer, because they can make more money by treating cancer.
It's just like the old conspiracy theory I used to hear back when cars had caruretors. supposedly someone had invented a carb that would give a car the ability to get 100 MPG, but the big Oil companies had bought the patent and squelched production of it, so they could sell more oil.
There are plenty of real schemes out there to get people's money without making them up.

I will go with ignorance rather than a conspiracy at any given day.

This question reveals the depths of ignorance people have about cancer. And if you are truly concerned about the practices of the pharmaceutical industry, check out alltrials.net
Oh, and I think that Ben Goldacre's Bad Science should be compulsory reading. For everyone.

A loaded question. Assuming a non capitalist country would be more incetivised to find a cure? It's more likely the opposite is true.

Check out the current nobel prize award for medicine.

Cuba claims they have learned how to cure certain kinds of lung cancer. They were on the verge of sharing it with us before Trump chilled emerging relations. And I've been hearing rumors for decades that they had developed some kind of heroin substitute that satisfied junkies, but was non-addictive. After a month or so, they can stop using it without suffering withdrawals. But Methadone, and drugs like it, are a pretty large and reliable revenue stream. Curing people would be a threat to that.

A Nobel prize was just awarded to an American and a Japanese citizen due to their efforts in Cancer research. This is proof there is a race to find treatments and cures.

[nytimes.com]

I do not believe that is the case, but I think more people have lived off cancer than have died from it.

Cancer will probably need about as many cures as there are types of cancers. It's pretty unlikely that there will ever be a single cure that kills all of them.

I work with companies engaged in drug development. On average, it costs $2 billion to develop a new drug and 90% of them fail in clinical trials. No way are they holding something secret in their back pocket.

Look around you! It's not just the drug companies who would loose with a cure. Thank of all the so called charity organizations who would have to shut there doors and sell their limo's and fire their drivers because they could no longer ride the cash cow!

everything is all about the money in this life. the court system is that way. they have probably had the cure for years. it not just the medical stuff. thye probably have a car that could run off water but they are not going to put something like that on the market. a few people are in control and they want to stay in control. sad

Let's see... Let's be honest... Will it be the First Time that have ever happened in the history of Humanity/Science/Medicine/Pharma/Health Insurance/Greed/Money? Is the question about a First Time Ever? No? Then you got your answer. Greed is Possible of Everything!!!!

I immediately think of something a doctor in a podcast I often listen to said about how he finds it so insulkting and offensive when people in the alternativve health commmunity will try and claim that a cure for cancer has existed for a long time, but that doctors are basically hiding it from people. As though he and all these other doctors are just letting people die

I've observed horrific things done in the name of greed. While I don't believe there's a one pill solution to this problem, I do believe that solutions will always take a back seat to profits.

Many cures exist, but all have been attacked and shut down by the American medical board, who don't want competition with their toxic, synthetic, over-priced drugs.

Example: cannabis; grows everywhere, should be free.

Link: BBC- Evidence is growing that cannabis cures serious diseases like cancer. [thehealthcure.org]

Link: Patients should be warned about the dangers of chemotherapy after research showed that cancer drugs are killing up to 50 per cent of patients [telegraph.co.uk]

Neither choice is a good one. I have always found the conspiracy surrounding cancer and this myth completely illogical.
There is no logical basis to this conspiracy theory. Curing cancer would create much more money then research.
Also as a medical provider and a biochemist I find this argument insulting and ignorant. Why would I not want to cure a disease that plagued our friends and family members?
It’s completly idiotic.

Even if a cure existed for every single cancer, people would still get cancer.

Because of course there would be No money to be made with a cure. And of course it would be effective on All types of cancer! LOL, in a sad way.

There are a lot of cures that are ignored because they can't enrich the medical industry. Many are far better than drugs. I know because I use natural cures first before resorting to medical care. It's sad. Cucumbers will dissolve a kidney stone, relieve the pain, and help you pass it, but doctors will tell you there's nothing you can do but wait. I have no idea about a cure for cancer but given their track record, it's possible.