be the match

National Marrow Donor Program

The cure for blood cancer is in the hands of ordinary people.℠d

• Donor registration process

• Who is Be The Match®?• Need for marrow donors

Learning Objectives

The NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM® operates the Be The Match Registry®.

• Donation process• How can I help?• How we help patients

Who Is Be The Match®?


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Who Is Be The Match?


Be The Match® manages the largest and most diverse marrow registry in the world, saving lives through transplant every day.

The National Registry


Robert Graves, DVM, was inspired by his daughter’s leukemia to

create a national registry of voluntary marrow donors.

Our Story


To facilitate marrow transplants from volunteer donors as life-saving therapy for patients of all racial and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Our Mission


Every 4 minutes, one person is diagnosed with a blood cancer.

Every 10 minutes, someone dies from a blood cancer. That’s more than six people each hour, or

148 people each day. Patients are searching for a cure. It could be YOU.


Transplant Centers Donor

Centers

Apheresis Centers

Recruitment Centers

Cooperative Registries

Collection Centers

Testing Labs

Cord Blood Banks

Our Global Network Of Care

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How We Help Patients


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70% of patients have no match in their family

One Patient At A Time


• Grow the registry • Connect patients to

donors • Patients, caregivers,

families • Clinical education • Research • Fundraising

The Need For Marrow Donors


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How rare is my match?


African American

Hispanic & Latino

Asian & Pacific Islander

Native American

Caucasian & European

25% 50% 75% 100%

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93%

Diversity is Crucial!


• Minority donors currently represent only 28% of the Be The Match Registry.

• Because tissue types are inherited, patients are more likely to match someone who shares their racial or ethnic heritage.

The Donor Registration Process


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Step 1: Registry Guidelines

•Are you between 18-44 years of age?

•Do you meet the health guidelines?

•Are you committed to donating to any patient in need?

Step 2: Consent Form

Step 3: Buccal Swab

Steps To Donate

• Answer the call as a possible match • Give another swab or blood sample • Attend an info session • Donate cells or marrow • Receive follow-up


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The Donation Process


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• Outpatient procedure with anesthesia

• Marrow collected using needles, syringes

• Collected from back of the pelvic bone

• Donor receives Filgrastim injections for 5 days

• Stem cells collected through 2-arm apheresis

Two Ways To Donate

PBSCMarrow


Two Ways To Donate

PBSCMarrow

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PBSCMarrow

Marrow or PBSC?

Donors give the source best for the patient.

Marrow tends to be best for child

patients

PBSC is preferred for patients over

50 years

Do I Get To Meet My Recipient?


• Donors & patients may correspond anonymously for the first year

• After first year, both may consent to meet

• International patients may regulate contact differently

What Do I Do Next?


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Call to Action

• Join Be The Match today • Become an advocate • Keep your contact info current


Join • Give • Volunteer


QUESTIONS?

http://www.bethematch.com

Contact Us!


www.BeTheMatch.comWEBSITE

[email protected]

PHONE(979) 691-3261

http://join.marrow.org/save1life

mailto:[email protected]

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