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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.

If you have general questions, please email us.

CSC Surveys/Focus Groups

Cancer Experience Registry

Study type: Online Survey

Length: About 35 minutes

Compensated: No (follow-up surveys will be compensated)

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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.

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Explore Other Research Opportunities

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

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Tools to be Fit

Study type: Intervention

Length: 1 year

Compensated: Yes

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LGBTQ Cancer Support and Well Being Study

Study type: Online survey

Length: 14 consecutive days

Compensated: Yes

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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

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Couples’ Quality of Life Study

Study Type: Intervention trial for couples

Length: 10 weeks with follow-up survey

Compensated: Yes

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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

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Sleep Treatment Education Program Young Adult Cancer Survivors (STEP-YA)

Study type: Intervention

Length: Single session

Compensated: Yes

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Fear of Recurrence, Adversity, and Pain

Study Type: Survey

Study Length: 30 Minutes

Compensated: No

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

Opening the Conversation

Study Type: Intervention trial for couples

Length: Approximately 8 weeks total

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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If you are interested in collaborating with CSC on a new research opportunity or other partnership, we want to hear from you.

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