Research Hot Topic – Survivorship

As the number of cancer survivors grows, so does the number of research dollars being spent on survivorship research.  Currently there is close to $6M in open research grants through the National Cancer Institute specific to breast cancer survivorship research.  Each year Susan G. Komen invests 13% of their research in survivorship topics.  Komen also partners with other groups such as Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation to continue to gather data about breast cancer survivorship to improve quality of life. 

One project that we can participate in is the HOW project.  The HOW Study is a first-of-its-kind international online study for women and men with and without a history of breast cancer.  HOW will study long-term breast cancer survivors in order to get a better understanding of how they are beating the odds as well as follow those without a history of breast cancer for information on risk.

Once you sign up to become a member of the HOW Study, you will receive periodic questionnaires that will ask questions about different health and exposure topics. Each new questionnaire will be released in a "Call to Action" email and will address a specific topic, such as reproductive health, cancer history (for those with breast cancer), environmental exposures, and much, much more. Each questionnaire should take about 60-90 minutes to fill out, and you will get a new one every three to four months. 

Click here for more information and to JOIN