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Asked by: Yassmine De Martin
medical health cancerHow much money is spent on cancer research per year?
Just so, how much money does the federal government spend on cancer research?
Current Fiscal Year (FY 2019) Budget NCI also received $400 million in FY 2019 for theBeauBiden Cancer Moonshot, which was authorized inthe21st Century Cures Act of 2016.
Furthermore, how much does the government spend on childhood cancer research?
43 children per day or 15,780 children peryearare expected to be diagnosed with cancer. Only 4%ofthe billions of dollars that are annually spentoncancer research and treatments are directedtowardstreating childhood cancer. The average costofa stay in a hospital for a childwithcancer is $40,000.
Among the big cancers, breast cancerreceivesthe most funding per new case, $2,596 — and byfar themost money relative to each death, $13,452.Notably,prostate cancer, the most commoncancer,receives the least funding per new caseat just$1,318.