You Can Help CSC With Our Research
Cancer Support Community is committed to research that helps make the lives of people with cancer better.
Every year CSC hosts surveys, focus groups, and patient summits to better understand the cancer experience. Along with our partners, the Cancer Support Community uses and communicates our insights gained from patients and caregivers to inform policies, develop educational programs, and provide vital support for all people impacted by cancer.
These improvements are possible thanks to the help of cancer patients and caregivers like you. Your feedback in a survey, during a focus group, or on a resource we are developing helps ensure patients' and caregivers' needs are being supported.
CSC Research Opportunities
Cancer Experience Registry
Study type: Online Survey
Length: About 35 minutes
Compensated: No (follow-up surveys will be compensated)
Become a Peer Specialist for our Peer Clinical Trials Support Program
Peer Specialists use their own lived experience as a Black/AA cancer patient and clinical trial participant to support other individuals.
Patient and Caregiver Experiences with Bispecific Antibodies in Community Settings
Study Type: Interview
Length: About 60 to 90 minutes
Compensated: Yes
Barriers to Accessing CAR T-Cell Therapy at Community Centers
Study Type: Interview
Length: About 60 to 90 minutes
Compensated: Yes
Explore Other Research Opportunities
Experiences of those living with a myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) diagnosis
Study Type: Survey
Length: About 20 minutes
Compensated: No
Reducing Sleep Disturbance in Cancer (REST-C)
Study type: Intervention (a study to compare the effectiveness of 2 wellness-based mobile apps on blood cancer patient outcomes)
Length: 20 weeks
Compensated: Yes
Tools to be Fit
Study type: Intervention (A study to help cancer survivors improve their nutrition and physical activity)
Length: 1 year
Compensated: Yes
LGBTQ Cancer Support and Well Being Study
Study type: Online survey
Length: 14 consecutive days
Compensated: Yes
Sleep Treatment Education Program (STEP-1)
Study type: Intervention
Length: 60-90 minutes
Compensated: Yes
Self-Perception and Intimacy After the Cancer Experience (SPICE)
Study type: Questionnaire
Length: 60-70 minutes
Compensated: Yes
Couples’ Quality of Life Study
Study Type: Intervention trial for couples
Length: 10 weeks with follow-up survey
Compensated: Yes
Cancer and Aging Reflections for Elders (CARE)
Study type: Research study involving individual phone sessions with a licensed mental health professional to people age 70+ living with cancer
Length: Approximately 9-12 months total (5 phone sessions, 4 booster phone calls, & 4 questionnaires)
Compensated: Yes
Sleep Treatment Education Program Young Adult Cancer Survivors (STEP-YA)
Study type: Intervention
Length: Single session
Compensated: Yes
eREACH: eHealth Delivery Alternative for Cancer Genetic Testing
Study Type: Virtual and online education and disclosure of genetic test results.
Length: Two remote visits (30-40 min) and surveys
Compensated: Yes
Exploring the Experiences of Sexual & Gender Minority Cancer Caregivers through a Social Positioning Lens
Study Type: Survey and Interview
Length: 2 hours
Compensated: Yes
Share Your Cervical Cancer Experience
Study Type: Virtual interview
Length: 60-minutes
Compensated: Yes
Virtual Exercise Program for Cancer Survivors
Study Type: Remote guided exercise
Length: 9 Months
Compensated: Yes
THRIVE Colorectal Cancer Study
Study Type: Online survey
Length: Approximately 12 months (4 surveys)
Compensated: Yes
Find more research participation opportunities
ClinicalTrials.gov is a database of privately and publicly funded clinical studies conducted around the world.
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