[dragontamer]

It isn't the doctor's job to improve medicine, it is a researcher's job.

Doctors can only prescribe to you the 15% chance of survival, knowing that there's no greater benefit to medicine. They're too busy seeing patients to improve medicine.

[mytochar]

I'm not sure this is accurate, especially in the case of cancers. Doctors were part of the studies with at least one person I know.