Precision For Kids

Team Precision for Kids was founded on a powerful belief: the future of cancer detection, diagnosis, treatment, and  cures lies in precision medicine, and children, adolescents, and young adults deserve to have access to these advanced treatments. As a proud team of the Pan-Mass Challenge, we are celebrating 11 years of riding and fundraising in 2026, having raised $2.9 million since 2016 in direct support of research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Every dollar we raise goes into a restricted fund supporting the work of Doctors' Katie Janeway and David Shulman, two physician-scientists dedicated to transforming outcomes for young patients with cancer.

Our early funding helped establish tumor genomic profiling as a standard part of cancer care, enabling more accurate diagnoses and individually targeted, more effective, less toxic treatments. Today, Dr. Janeway’s laboratory is advancing the development of targeted therapies for pediatric cancers, while Dr. Shulman is pioneering the use of circulating tumor DNA technology, also known as  “liquid biopsy”,  to monitor cancer through simple blood tests rather than invasive procedures. Together, their work is redefining how cancer is detected, treated, and ultimately cured.

We ride because research saves lives. With federal funding increasingly uncertain, community-driven philanthropy has never been more critical. When you join P4K as a rider or sponsor, you become part of a passionate team accelerating breakthroughs and delivering hope to families who need it most.  The future of cancer treatment is now and every mile ridden and every sponsorship secured fuels innovation that directly impacts patients and families today.