> Among the big cancers, breast cancer receives the most funding per new case, $2,596 — and by far the most money relative to each death, $13,452. Notably, pros

> Among the big cancers, breast cancer receives the most funding per new case, $2,596 — and by far the most money relative to each death, $13,452. Notably, prostate cancer, the most common cancer, receives the least funding per new case at just $1,318. But on a per-death basis it ranks second, with $11,298 in N.C.I. funds. Source [http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/06/cancer-funding-does-it-add-up/ http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/06/cancer-funding-does...] We should look at normalized figures of funding per death, or funding per incidence.