The cure for cancer is being suppressed

One thing that has not been clearly defined is what is meant by the cure to cancer. As there are certain treatments that are openly available to remedy some specific types of cancers, such as chemotherapy, radiation exposure, and surgery, the only thing to debate about is whether there is a remedy that is a universal cure of all cancers. To put it simply, when 'cure for cancer' is mentioned, it means cure for all forms of cancer, at all times.Unlike my opponent, who provided premises, I will supply 3 reasons why the cure to cancer would not or cannot be suppressed. They are as follows: 1) Extreme punishment for whoever that would know about it, but not reveal. 2) Something with the nature of the cure is not known. 3) Cancer researcher's genuine desire.My first case is the enormous amount of trouble and punishment one would face if they had suppressed the cure to cancer. Although not usually seen in this context, hiding the cure is equivalent to not providing proper medication and treatment, and it is a serious issue[1][2]. This medical malpractice of not providing proper treatment is consdered a criminal offense when there is a "gross or flagrant deviation from the standard of care", which is definetly met if doctors knowingly let patients die [3]. In the US, patients can convict their doctors for medical malpractice, as they would not be providing the correct medicine[1][2]. As the key factor to a medical malpractice case is proving that the doctor was negligent, this is easily done as they must be doing so if they suppress the cure [1]. Doctors know this very well, and even if they were so wicked and money driven as to still suppress the, they would not be able to hide the cure. The persons able to sue the doctor would be all his customers, and he would have to compensate for their pain, time, medication, and much more. This poses a huge deterrent to any intention of doctors trying to suppress the cure, as they could face great sums of fines and jail time, and maybe even capital in some states if their negligence kills a lot of people [4]. It would not be worth it in any perspective for a doctor to hide the cure from his patients.My second point addresses the very disease itself, and an explanation of what happens and what must be done to cure it is ncessary. If you are completely oblivious of cancer, I'd recommend you watch this video as it provides an understanding of cancer [5]. Cancer has countless different forms, but has one uniformityand that is that all cancers involved cells grow incessantly. This abnormal growth usually results in tumors and impairs the function of even healthy cells. Since we are looking for a remedy to this, what we must find is something that cause cells to functions as they normally would. This is much more difficult than it sounds. Efforts to correct the contaminated cells and reform them has proved not promising, and so the alternative of wiping them out is what is prevalent today. The main methods for treating cancer are surgery to remove the cells, radiation to kill the cells, and chemotherapy to kill the cells too [5]. The challenge this posses however is that we have to make sure the medicine does not harm our healthy cells, as the cancer cell is almost indistiguishable except that it reproduces out of control. Taking cells back to their original state is extremely hard because they were not put in that way, but they just naturally are. We do not understand all the mysteries about how cells work and what they can and do do. What is basically needed to cure cancer is something that will take cancerous cells and subject them to our other cells so that they are once again under control. The promise of this has not been shown from much except stem cells, which serve as a sort of internal repair system [6]. The only 'cure' for any type of cancer available is to kill all the cancerous cells and start over again. This isnt the normal way to cure a disease, which generally takes the impurities away leaving the person back in natural condition. The supposed cure to cancer which is being suppressed should be able to just this, basically reprogramming the cells to make everything all perfect again. Ludicrous! such a thing is beyond the science of today as no method attempting to correct cancer cells have been shown success. Modern methods involve destroying cancerous cells and starting anew, which is not really fixing it but starting over.My third point is that Cancer researchers have a genuine desire to do their job. Most Cancer researchers have an income of about $50 000 a year [7]. This is not an awful lot of money, and most professions have a greater income than this. The truth is, this income by itself is not enough to call the minds of such intelligent individuals. The driving factor behind a lot of cancer researchers are is some personal connection to someone who might have had cancer. This is not only a mere claim as even a researcher of Novartis, the world's most valuable pharmaceutical company, expressed that his career is inspired by a childhood loss [8]. This is not something unique to just him, but something many other cancer researchers hold in common. The importance of this is that the driving force behind these researchers is not money, but a desire to cure the disease. This devotion to the people is what drives the researchers, and so I do not doubt for one second that they would ever think about hiding something that would fulfill the purpose of their lives. Since Pro has proposed to keep this round for opening arguments, I will save my supporting arguments and rebuttals for later. But there is one statement I wish to give. There is no known cure to all cancers. And if pro can refute that by showing that a cure exists, then I will give in. But if he can't, then that tells a lot about whether there is any real cure out there or not.Sources:[1] http://www.alllaw.com...;[2] http://medical-malpractice.lawyers.com...[3] http://www.latlaw.com...;[4] http://www.legalmatch.com...;[5] ;[6] http://stemcells.nih.gov...;[7] http://www.payscale.com...;[8] https://www.novartis.com...;