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Extramural and Intramural Funding
in Selected Priority Areas
FY 2006-2007
Area of Research $ Awarded
Prevention 22,517,000
    Prevention (uncategorized) 13,849,000
    Nutrition 5,053,000
    Tobacco control 3,615,000
Detection 5,332,000
Treatment 23,092,000
Psychosocial and Behavioral 17,651,000
Health Policy/Health Services 8,634,000
Poor and Underserved 15,862,000
Childhood Cancer 4,076,000
Environmental Carcinogenesis 5,985,000
Epidemiology 8,055,000
Cause/Etiology 15,915,000
Survivorship 7,822,000
End of Life 2,890,000
Major Organ Sites
    Breast 29,559,000
    Leukemia 13,828,000
    Colon/Rectum 17,307,000
    Lung 14,182,000
    Lymphoma 11,225,000
    Prostate 15,022,000
    Ovary 7,776,000
    Melanoma 5,219,000
    Pancreas 6,792,000
    Brain/Nervous System 7,806,000

Not mutually exclusive categories; e.g., a grant that is both prevention and detection is counted twice, as is a grant that studies both breast and prostate cancers. A grant emphasizing nutrition in breast and prostate cancer is counted in full in all three places. Dollar amounts are rounded off to the nearest $1,000.

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