Allocating Funding by Type of Cancer

Here's the question: How should cancer funding be allocated among types of cancers? Should more money go towards the most common cancers or the most deadly?

Below is the N.C.I. cancer funding for some of the most common and deadliest cancers:

Cancer (Deaths)	N.C.I. Funding per Death
Lung (162,460)	$1,630
Colon (55,170)	$4,566
Breast (41,430)	$13,452
Pancreas (32,300 )	$2,297
Prostate (27,350)	$11,298
Cancer (New cases)	N.C.I. Funding per New Case
Prostate (234,460)	$1,318
Breast (214,640)	$2,596
Lung (174,470)	$1,518
Colon (106,680)	$2,361
Pancreas (33,730)	$2,200

From the NY Times blog.