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Table 2 Cancer type by body location or system

From: Medical crowdfunding in a healthcare system with universal coverage: an exploratory study

Cancer type by body location/system

Number of campaigns

% of campaigns (out of 51)

Brain tumour

15

29.41%

Breast cancer

11

21.57%

Leukaemia

10

19.61%

Gastrointestinal/digestive

10

19.61%

Lung cancer

6

11.76%

Gynaecologic (ovarian, cervical, etc.)

5

9.80%

Bone cancer

3

5.88%

Skin cancer

3

5.88%

Prostate cancer

1

1.96%

Total

64

> 100%

  1. Cancer type could be extracted for 51 campaigns only. Some crowdfunding campaigns covered more than one cancer type. As a result, the textual description of the 51 campaigns included 64 cancer types in total