Lung Cancer Research Needs Money

Once again, we are reminded by an Ottawa Citizen article that we are not providing sufficient resources to lung cancer research. The latest example is Kayla Bradford, a 26-year-old woman who has never smoked. When only 6 percent of research funds are devoted to a disease that causes 25 percent of cancer deaths it demands a reassessment of our research priorities. It is a situation made more urgent with the knowledge that lung cancer is a disease that can target anyone. While some cancer research has benefited from very successful fund-raising campaigns, it is time to redirect some of that energy to lung cancer research. How many more people such as Kayla Bradford do we need to read about before we do what needs to be done?