… I totally agreed with Dr. Agnew that the leading cancer killer (lung) should receive the most research money. As he says, it has received almost the least. I think this is wrong. The American Lung Association (ALA) used to worry about asthma and COPD, but now realizes that lung cancer is their biggest problem. The ALA will tell you that for every $15,000 of research funding that breast cancer gets, lung gets $1,500. It has no support groups because most patients are dead within six months after diagnosis. I tried to get the AACR and ALA to collaborate on lung cancer. ALA is a better fundraiser, but the AACR knows much more about biochemistry, and genetics of cancer.