University of Galway to launch online service to battle cancer misinformation

The University of Galway is launching an online service aimed at battling misinformation about cancer.

The free service will provide tools to cancer patients to examine whether information is real or not.

The online platform, funded by the Irish Cancer Society, is to be launched later this year.

Professor Declan Devane is behind the new service and he says there are concerns misinformation online will mislead patients: