Cancer-A-Gogo

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Help us cure cancer today, we are so close.

We are asking for £1 (pound) from every Briton (all 67 million of us) and $1 (dollar) from every American (all 340 million of us) to fund cutting edge cancer research in the UK and US respectively. All monies go directly to research (labs, scientists, doctors) with no overhead deducted (less PayPal service fee).

Scientists and researchers are on the brink of major breakthroughs in the cancer world. Advances such as smarter drugs, new treatments, and life saving immunotherapies, put a cure closer than ever. Funding is particularly needed for childhood cancer research to bring these and other cutting edge treatments to our most vulnerable citizens.



Mac and Piers McDowell created Cancer-a-go-go with their late brother Errol McDowell, to raise money to cure pediatric cancer. With your help we will defeat the scourge of pediatric cancer (while benefitting research in adult cancers as well). Please help us win this war.
We are a 501c3 IRS approved charity. Donations are sent directly to US researchers*. And we utilize CAF America (a 501c3 charity) to channel UK donations to three UK research labs/foundations**.

Why Give?

Why Give to Cancer-A-Gogo? Five good reasons:

1. We believe the 28 therapies identified in this fundraiser represent some of the most exciting, potentially curative cancer therapies anywhere in the world, using immunotherpy, gene therapy and other creative strategies.

2. The government’s ‘Cancer Moonshot’ won’t fund all cancer research. While the government’s declared “Cancer Moonshot” effort can and hopefully will be a boon to cancer research in America, the reality is that our government moves very slowly and best intentions are not always realized due to political exigencies. To quote Aristotle: ‘Doubt is the beginning of wisdom.’

Each day, each week, each month that goes by when cancer research is not sufficiently funded, is tragic, because cancer is so utterly brutal and undiscriminating, attacking the young and old, rich and poor. Yet cancer is as close to being cured as it has ever been.

3. Research updates available on our website. All research findings of the 26 research beneficiaries of Cancer-A-Gogo will be presented on this website, allowing every researcher to learn from each other. Our hope is that, through intelligence sharing, even more lifesaving information can be utilized to seek cures.

4. No overhead. The creators of Cancer-A-Gogo will pay for all overhead out of their own pockets. From web design and illustrations, to our classic R&B theme song ‘Don’t Fight It,’ to meetings with researchers, travel expenses, etc., no operating expenses will be charged to Cancer-A-Gogo. We want to make sure that every dollar goes directly to research, and not to administration.

5. We Avoid Grant fees. Funds will be distributed to the 28 researcher beneficiaries in such a way as to circumvent the “grant” status approach. Giving the funds directly to each researcher, and NOT as “Grants,” prevents Universities and hospitals from dipping into our donations for their overhead (which can be as much as 60% at some institutions). We realize these same institutions need funding too, but that’s not the intent of Cancer-A-Gogo. Monies will be distributed immediately to each selected group, while a tally is kept as we barrel towards out goal of $325 million.

6. Q: Is anyone profiting from this fundraising, other than the cancer researchers?
A: No. All administrative expenses for Cancer-A-Gogo are being paid for by the McDowell family. And all funds donated to Cancer-A-Gogo are dispersed to the doctors and scientists and institutions leading the war on cancer and conducting the clinical trials to cure it. The only “administrative fee” that Cancer-A-Gogo acknowledges, is that charged by the credit card companies (Visa, American Express, MasterCard) to process donations. This fee is the standard 6-8% of every transaction. Checks, however, are not subject to any fee!!