| The amount of money spent on cancer research has | | | | totaled $7.5 million. |
| grown every year. The American Cancer Society | | | | In the United Kingdom, 450-500 million pounds, |
| reported a cancer research budget of over 90 million | | | | equivalent to approximately 700 to 800 million US |
| back in 1988. Cancer organizations around the world | | | | Dollars, is spent every year alone. In an effort to |
| have increased their research budgets as | | | | understand what Metastatic melanoma is funding for |
| breakthroughs or promising treatments have been | | | | cancer research comes from a variety of sources. |
| discovered and donations increase. | | | | The U.S. government recently earmarked over $21.5 |
| Globally, over $12.6 billion was spent on cancer | | | | billion federal stimulus dollars to be used for cancer |
| research in 2001. Australia reports over $55 million has | | | | research and development of future treatments. |
| been spent by cancer researchers in that country, | | | | Other sources are various non-government agencies |
| with over $37 million of that since 2004. In 2008 | | | | such as the American Cancer Society, Donald D. |
| three research grant applications were awarded that | | | | |