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Causes: Health
Mission: The Happy Lungs Project’s mission is to save the lives of RET-positive lung cancer patients by advancing research and treatment options.
Results: The Happy Lungs Project is working to advance scientific research so more RET-positive lung cancer patients can live fuller, healthier lives. We fund and facilitate cancer research, and we educate and empower patients to participate in biomarker testing, clinical trials, and lung cancer registries. Since our inception in 2021, The Happy Lungs Project has awarded more than $1 million in RET-positive cancer research grants and facilitated millions in research funding. We also educate patients and caregivers across the country about how participating in clinical trials and biomarker testing can improve RET-positive treatment options and patient survival.
Target demographics: We help RET-positive lung cancer patients live fuller, healthier lives.
Geographic areas served: United States
Programs: We fund and facilitate cancer research, and we educate and empower patients to participate in biomarker testing, clinical trials, and lung cancer registries.