Breast cancer rearch is approximately $13,000 per death. Lung Cancer Research is approximately $1100 per death Lung Cancer research is approximately $245 million short of breast cancer. National Cancer Institute research spending (in millions of $) for cancer of the Breast: 1999: 387.2, 2000: 438.7, 2001: 475.2, 2002: 522.6, 2003: 564.6 Lung: 1999: 151.0, 2000: 175.0, 2001: 206.5, 2002: 237.5, 2003: 256.6 The 2003 figures are estimates; this is from the 2003 NCI Factbook.