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He didn't say that, as has been noted. The columnist is stuffing words in his mouth with a dishonest headline -- another bit of "Al Gore Says He Invented the Internet" crap. LBN rules say you have to use the headline intact, though, so don't blame the OP.

Second, if we cured 90% of cancer cases even if that was only 5 of the major kinds of cancer, I would say we would have for the most part "cured cancer"

Third, we are a lot closer to having actual cures for cancer than most people realize. It would not be unreasonable to say that cancer will be cured in 2015 -- as to whether that cure will be available anywhere but in an FDA trial program, that's an open question. However, semantically, a cure is a cure whether or not it is administered.