[pc2g4d]

The author acknowledged significant advances in cancer treatment, including one he called a moon landing in its own right (immunotherapy). No need to cast aspersions on his mental state---I think he's clear-eyed yet not despairing, facing the difficulties of cancer treatment (it's like stopping evolution from happening, if you think about it) but still recognizing the progress.

[maxander]

True enough that I shouldn't bandy about accusations of depression. But the author derides a billion-dollar cancer research effort as "pointless" in the title. He may recognize the progress, but he's bizarrely adamant that people won't cure cancer.