You're an idiot.
1) Cancer research is neither "lucrative", nor "cushy" for those
actually doing the work.
2) The prognosis for someone with cancer is infinitely better now than
even 20 years ago. Why do you think that is? Sorry, I know thinking
isn't your strong point: it's because of the research. That's how it works.
3) The people actually doing the research are almost all what one might
describe as "academics". Apart from the joy of learning, and the
knowledge that one is doing something worthwhile, the one thing which
academics prize above all is the respect of their peers. Having
published work cited and used is the way in which this is expressed. It
is absolutely, therefore, in their best interest to both do good work,
and to publish it.
The French have a saying: "A man does not look behind a door where he
would not hide himself"
I know you're not very bright, so I'll explain: for most people, the
first guide they have as to how others will behave is how they would
behave themselves. For some people, it's all they have, others draw on
wider sources. If you believe that a large number of people would take
vast amounts of money, much of it raised by charities, and fritter it
away whilst pretending to work, thus denying it to others who might,
perhaps, actually do the work, then you belive that large numbers of
people are immoral assholes.
I think that you see too much of yourself in other people.
In summary:
You're an idiot,
"Research" has raised the survival rate for most cancers from "fuck-all"
to "reasonable".
You're an immoral asshole.