Cancer funding in the UK

Cancer disconnect ©NewScientist There were 35,000 deaths from lung cancer in the UK during 2010, yet the disease received only £11.8m of the £213.9m allocated to specific cancers CANCER RESEARCH DEATHS FUNDING* Lung Bowel Breast Prostate Pancreas Oesophagus Bladder Leukaemia Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma Ovary Brain Myeloma Melanoma Other *percentage of research funding for specific cancers, 2010 SOURCE:CANCER RESEARCH UK/NATIONAL CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, 2010