Prostate cancer research

These stats, comparing funding for prostate cancer to that of breast cancer, caught my attention:

Government spending for prostate cancer lags, too. In 2007, the National Cancer Institute spent an estimated $551.1 million on breast cancer research and $305.6 million on prostate cancer. For 2008, the Defense Department, which has a history of supporting health research, has allocated $138 million for breast cancer and $80 million for prostate cancer.

I think I remember reading years ago (perhaps in Warren Farrell's The Myth of Male Power) that funding for breast cancer was 400% higher than for prostate cancer. If so, the numbers above represent progress, despite the continuing funding gap.

Also, as the article points out, there are greater problems than simply a lack of funding:

Prostate cancer researchers say the real problem is not so much financing as enlisting doctors and patients on board for clinical trials.