2006-12-20 12:12:11 · 2 answers · asked by ANDREW L 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
In the US the National Cancer Institute provides the following information about cancer research . . which is funded by the US Congress. In the year 2005 the budget was $4.83 billion. The estimate for 2006 was $4.79 billion. Congress is expected to decrease spending in 2007 to $4.75 billion.
NCI provides the following charts by type and the yearly budget:
Breast: 2005=$560.1 million
Breast: 2006=$557.3 million
Breast: 2007=$551.1 million
Colorectal: 2005=$253.1 million
Colorectal: 2006=$251.9 million
Colorectal: 2007=$249.1 million
Lung: 2005=$266.1 million
Lung: 2006=$264.8 million
Lung: 2007=$261.9 million
Prostate: 2005=$309.0 million
Prostate: 2006=$309.0 million
Prostate: 2007=$305.6
Research Funding Factsheet
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/NCI/research-funding
You can find out how much is budgeted for other cancers, statistics, and money spent on specific types of cancer research at the Financial Management Branch of the NCI:
http://fmb.cancer.gov/
2006-12-20 14:48:47 · answer #1 · answered by Panda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know exact total, has to be in the billions.
2006-12-20 12:19:00 · answer #2 · answered by glasgow girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋