STAR Act funding helps all survivors
Your participation helped us get $8.5 million in STAR Act funding
The LTFU Study has received $8.5 million in funding through the STAR (Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research) Act. Your participation in the LTFU Study has helped us push for more research to continue helping childhood cancer survivors.
The original STAR Act became law in 2018. It gave $30 million to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for childhood cancer research through 2023. In 2022, Congress renewed the STAR Act through 2027.
Our new funding will help us learn more about second cancers and other health problems in childhood cancer survivors. Part of that research involves collecting blood samples from LTFU participants. So far, more than 1,500 people have given samples. Each person receives $100 in thanks. Because of these samples, extra STAR ACT support will help us learn more how cancer and cancer therapy affect how genes work. We hope that findings from this research will help us find more ways to keep survivors healthy as they age.
Thank you so much for taking part in the LTFU Study. By sharing your experiences, you help childhood cancer patients and survivors around the world.