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National Marrow Donor Program
The cure for blood cancer is in the hands of ordinary people.℠d
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• 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
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Who Is Be The Match®?
The NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM® operates the Be The Match Registry®.
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Who Is Be The Match?
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The NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM® operates the Be The Match Registry®.
Be The Match® manages the largest and most diverse marrow registry in the world, saving lives through transplant every day.
The National Registry
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The NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM® operates the Be The Match Registry®.
Robert Graves, DVM, was inspired by his daughter’s leukemia to
create a national registry of voluntary marrow donors.
Our Story
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The NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM® operates the Be The Match Registry®.
To facilitate marrow transplants from volunteer donors as life-saving therapy for patients of all racial and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Our Mission
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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.
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The NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM® operates the Be The Match Registry®.
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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The NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM® operates the Be The Match Registry®.
70% of patients have no match in their family
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One Patient At A Time
The NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM® operates the Be The Match Registry®.
• Grow the registry • Connect patients to
donors • Patients, caregivers,
families • Clinical education • Research • Fundraising
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The Need For Marrow Donors
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How rare is my match?
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African American
Hispanic & Latino
Asian & Pacific Islander
Native American
Caucasian & European
25% 50% 75% 100%
66%
72%
73%
82%
93%
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Diversity is Crucial!
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• 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.
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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
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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
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Two Ways To Donate
PBSCMarrow
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20%
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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
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Do I Get To Meet My Recipient?
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• Donors & patients may correspond anonymously for the first year
• After first year, both may consent to meet
• International patients may regulate contact differently
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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
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Join • Give • Volunteer
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QUESTIONS?
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Contact Us!
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PHONE(979) 691-3261