Irish journal of medical science
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Crowdfunding is the internet practice of funding a project or person by requesting online monetary donations from people. We set out to analyse the current non-US GoFundMe cancer pages in order to get deeper understanding of this unregulated activity. ⋯ Our GoFundMe analysis has identified that crowdfunding platforms are predominantly used for requesting financial support, but worryingly, a large proportion are requesting immunotherapy for unlicensed indications and alternative therapies with no evidence. Future efforts to improve patient education, and possibly online donation page regulation, are required to better manage this route of cancer funding.