It is now known that squalene was not added to the vaccines administered to these veterans, and technical deficiencies in the report suggesting an association have been published.

Officially sanctioned by the 14th Air Force Association and primarily funded by Chinese American veterans of the Army Air Forces' 14th Air Service group and the Army's 987th Signal Company.

The study was funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the National Institutes of Health, the Georgia Cancer Coalition and the American Urological Association Foundation.