The Making the law work better for people affected by cancer project was profiled at the VICS Conference 2013. The project is an initiative of CCV’s Strategy and Support team and McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer. In 2013 the project examined four key areas: financial support for cancer patients and their carers who need to travel for treatment; access to insurance for people who have cancer, have had cancer or are at increased risk for cancer; employment-related challenges for people who have had cancer and their carers, including discrimination and taking leave for treatment or for caring responsibilities; and advance care planning laws in Victoria, particularly in relation to uncertainty among patients and health professionals about who can make which decisions for patients who have lost capacity towards the end of their lives.The findings were published in a major report in 2014 and key recommendations made for policy and law reform and further research. We used the findings of the report to develop: fact sheets for patients and carers on their rights in insurance and employment; education sessions for regional GPs about advance care planning processes and laws; a partnership with the Australian Centre for Health Law Research on an ARC Grant to explore how members of the community understand and act upon their right to participate in decisions about medical treatment for themselves or for their loved ones at the end of life; and a successful advocacy alliance with 30 other agencies to improve transport and accommodation support. We also examined two new focus areas in 2014: regulation of unregistered complementary and alternative therapy providers; and informed consent to cancer treatment. This presentation discusses the project’s recent activities, findings and collaborations, and outlines key findings from new areas of legal research in cancer treatment and supportive care.