Cancer Type. Number of Grants**. Funded Amount ($) ; Brain Cancer, 28, 17,934,500 ; Breast Cancer, 153, 102,914,200 ; Cervical Cancer, 15, 11,778,450 ; Colon and ...Childhood Cancer: 43
Disparities: 65
Environmental Factors: 28
Disparities: 65
Environmental Factors: 28
What cancer receives the most funding?
Specific cancer types that saw large decreases in funding include bladder cancer, neuroblastoma and cancer of the small intestine. Breast cancer, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, leukaemia, prostate cancer and pancreatic cancer remain the cancer types that receive the most funding.
Why are some cancers more funded than others?
Share on Pinterest New research finds that lung cancer is one of the conditions that receive the lowest nonprofit funding. The research, which appears in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, uncovered trends in cancer funding that highlight areas needing more attention.
Which cancer receives the least funding?
Breast cancer research receives more money than any other form of the disease in the UK, official data shows. The figures come from the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) - a partnership of UK cancer research funders and the body which co-ordinates where the money goes.