Total amount of money collected for cancer research yearly?

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/facts...





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/

Total amount of money collected for cancer research yearly?
Don't know exact total, has to be in the billions.