Funding for research on different kinds of cancer
The New York Times looks at the types of cancer and how much the National Cancer Institute spends on each. Of course, much NCI funding is for general cancer research or non-specific research, but if you look at the dollars per case, there is a good deal of variance. The Times found the NCI spent $2,596 per breast cancer case and only $1,318 per prostate cancer case. Both of these types have high survival rates, and the funding per death was over $10K for each, while the funding for lung cancer (which kills more people than any other type of cancer) was only $1,630/death. It’s well known that breast cancer raises more money in private charity fund-raising in proportion to its incidence compared to other types of cancer.
