But, the news had to be “accidental discovery” otherwise the people would drag pharmaceutical companies’ BoD into the streets and set them on fire.
Why would a researcher keep a secret cure to cancer? You suggest it would be to benefit the rich and elite who by and large do get better healthcare than the average person. However, your hypothesis fails miserably with the death of Steve Jobs and many other billionaires from cancer.
Why do people continue to say this? The “maker” of any magic drug to defeat cancer would instantly be among the most valuable companies in the world. Instantly. The researcher who discovered such a drug would instantly be known to history and the world.
They would not keep it secret nor would they only use it for a handful of the elite. Such an idea is completely preposterous on so many levels I have not even scratched the surface. Such a research team would be recorded to history as an evil bunch much like the worst of the Nazi researchers in the holocaust.
Breakthroughs in cancer will come because of capitalism and the free market. Period. That is the engine that drives good things for humanity without fail. It will not be hidden and the overwhelming majority of top researchers in the field are very committed to their research and finding a cure for this horrific affliction upon humanity that benefits the world, their own families, and their own community. To suggest otherwise in some wild conspiracy is unwarranted.
You need to think this through....