For the thousands of people diagnosed every year with life-threatening blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma, a cure exists.

1. National Marrow
Donor Program
The cure for blood cancer is in the hands of ordinary people.℠
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2. • Donor registration process
• Who is Be The Match®
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• 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

3. Who Is Be The Match®?
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Who Is Be The Match?

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

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

9. 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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10. How We Help Patients
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70% of patients have no match in their family

12. 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

13. The Need For Marrow Donors
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14. How rare is my match?
The NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM® operates the Be The Match Registry®.
African American
Hispanic & Latino
Asian & Pacific Islander
Native American
Caucasian & European
25% 50% 75% 100%
66%
72%
73%
82%
93%

15. Diversity is Crucial!
The NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM® operates the Be The Match Registry®.
• 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.

16. 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

18. 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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20. The Donation Process
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21. The NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM® operates the Be The Match Registry®.
• 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

22. The NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM® operates the Be The Match Registry®.
Two Ways To Donate
PBSCMarrow
80%
20%

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

24. Do I Get To Meet My Recipient?
The NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM® operates the Be The Match Registry®.
• Donors & patients may
correspond anonymously
for the first year
• After first year, both may
consent to meet
• International patients
may regulate contact
differently

25. What Do I Do Next?
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26. Call to Action
• Join Be The Match today
• Become an advocate
• Keep your contact info current
The NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM® operates the Be The Match Registry®.
Join • Give • Volunteer

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

28. Contact Us!
The NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM® operates the Be The Match Registry®.
www.BeTheMatch.com
WEBSITE
EMAIL
marrowdonor@sw.org
PHONE
(979) 691-3261