With this much money you would think they would have gotten farther in a cure.
Dont even start in on me about if you knew someone.....Mom died from lung, Dad had throat is clean 1 year, MIL breast clean 6 years, Friend liver, dear mentor brain.
The following table shows NCI spending in FY 2005, 2006, and 2007 for the 10 most common types of cancer in the United States, excluding basal cell and squamous cell skin cancers. The cancers are listed in decreasing order of incidence; i.e., from the highest number of new cases each year to the lowest. Source: NCI Office of Budget and Finance (OBF).
Cancer Type 2005 Spending
(in millions) 2006 Spending
(in millions) 2007 Spending
(in millions)
Lung $266.1 $242.9 $226.9
Prostate 309.0 293.2 296.1
Breast 560.1 584.7 572.4
Colorectal 253.1 244.1 258.4
Bladder 30.1 24.4 19.8
Non-Hodgkin
Lymphoma 107.0 114.1 113.0
Melanoma 102.9 108.0 97.7
Kidney 32.9 33.0 31.4
Leukemia 220.6 223.5 205.5
Uterine 31.1 19.4 16.6
Other Federal Government agencies, including other NIH Institutes and Centers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Department of Defense (DOD), fund cancer research. In addition, state and local governments, voluntary organizations, private institutions, and industry also spend substantial amounts of money on cancer-related research.
Komen has dedicated nearly $1 billion to creating awareness and finding a cure for breast cancer, making it the nation's largest private funding source for breast health and breast cancer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_G._Komen_for_the_Cure