The cynic would say it's a scam to transfer wealth from the cancer-afflicted to the medical industrial complex. After seeing how both my parents' cancers played

The cynic would say it's a scam to transfer wealth from the cancer-afflicted to the medical industrial complex. After seeing how both my parents' cancers played out, I can see the appeal of that idea. Years of discomfort, hundreds of hours spent in medical facilities (mostly waiting around) and expensive medicines and fees, and in the end you're still just as dead.