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Advocating for Cures: How You Can Support the Give Kids a Chance Act and Advance Pediatric Cancer Research
April 04, 2025 · 61 min

The osteosarcoma community has the power to drive change in childhood cancer research! This important OsteoBites episode features Nancy Goodman, JD, Founder & Executive Director of Kids v Cancer, as she discusses how you can help advocate for the Give Kids a Chance Act—a crucial bill aimed at expanding access to novel combination therapies for kids with cancer.The Give Kids a Chance Act is bipartisan legislation that builds on the RACE for Children Act by requiring pharmaceutical companies to evaluate promising multi-drug combinations in pediatric cancers when those drugs are being tested together in adults. Since many of the most effective cancer treatments involve drug combinations, this bill is essential to improving treatment options for children with osteosarcoma and other pediatric cancers.Be a voice for change! Learn actionable ways to support this bill and ensure kids with cancer have access to more innovative therapies.