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It'd be helpful to track down where the wealth goes. It seems to be broken down between the care provider, hospital, pharmaceutical companies and possibly the insurance company. Has anyone fully tracked down averages on where the money tends to go (possibly different for different types of cancer?)

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Depends on the treatment. The cost to a hospital of a typical chemo visit is roughly 50% drugs and 50% labor. An endoscopic surgical procedure for lung cancer is roughly 70% labor and 30% supplies. The average total costs for both are in the tens of thousands of dollars. That doesn't include fixed costs, just variable costs.

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