CAR-T therapy is a highly complex cancer treatment used to treat certain types of cancer such as leukemia in under 25s and patients with lymphoma. If a patient opts to receive treatment privately it can be extremely expensive.
Find out how you can start a fundraiser for your CAR-T therapy or how you can support others living with cancer.
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Currently on the NHS, CAR-T therapy is only offered as a treatment for children and young people under the age of 25 with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia after all other treatment avenues have been exhausted. In people with B-cell lymphoma it is only offered if a patient relapses after two or more other treatments have been tried.
The therapy is tailored for each individual patient. The treatment reprogrammes the patient’s own immune system cells which are then used to target their cancer.
Some people are ineligible for CART therapy on the NHS, because of this people often opt to go private and pay for CAR-T therapy themselves. This can be extremely expensive and can often involve receiving the treatment in another country.
You can start a fundraiser to raise funds for CAR-T therapy in a matter of minutes. Head to gofundme.com, sign up, and start a campaign. If you would like to raise funds for a charity that is working to help patients living with cancer such as Cancer Research UK and Macmillan simply select “charity” when asked who you are fundraising for.
Important details to include in your campaign story are:
The most important thing to remember when you are raising funds is to share your campaign as much as possible, with family, friends, colleagues and anyone you can think of. To kick off donations you can post the link on your social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter and Snapchat.
Our customer service team is on hand to offer you 24-hour support, our mobile app allows you to check in on your fundraising progress on the move.