I'm new and haven't tried the software yet (since my Windows 8 isn't supported by the official software package yet per http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread_thread,33527 ) and don't see this answered in the FAQ:

1. Do I get to pick which specific HCC work units are done on my PC?

2. If not, is there data available showing the breakdown of the work done by this project vs. the types of cancer? How can I know if my limited PC capacity is being put to work for specific kinds of cancer I want to support rather than ones that are already very disproportionately over-funded or are less important to me?

I prefer to apply my limited resources to causes that either let me pick which specific work projects to support or whose allocation of work reflects cancer deaths.*

Thanks,

CraiginPA

*E.g., est. 2012 USA deaths:

• 160k lung, (15%-18% never-smokers; 50%-60% former smokers; 20-30% smokers), incl. ...
  
• 44k-52k never-smoker lung + est. smokers who would have gotten never-smoker lung cancer anyway**
  
• 52k colon/rectal
  
• 39k breast
  
• 37k pancreatic
  
• 28k prostate
  
• 23k leukemia
  
• 20k lymphoma
  
• 21k liver
  
• 16k ovarian
  
• 15k bladder
  
• 15k esphogus
  
• 14k brain
  
• 14k kidney/renal
  
• 12k uterus/cervix
  
• 12k melanoma/skin
  
• 11k stomach
  
• 10k myeloma
  
• . . .
  
• ##k other
  
• 46k Unknown Primary or Unspecified
  
• 577k TOTAL esp. deaths, per

- 2012: http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/content/@epi...document/acspc-031941.pdf
- 2011 lung%'s : http://www.lungcanceralliance.org/assets/docs...0Sheet%202011%20Final.pdf

**44k-52k = the 15%to18% never-smokers of the 160k + the smokers who would've gotten lung cancer anyway even if tobacco never existed (15% x [160k - 15%] to 18% x [160k - 18%]) although it probably would be a much higher % of them), . . . not that we should discriminate against former smokers or smokers but never-smoker cancer has far fewer mutations making it a simpler model for researchers to tackle first.