The chances of finding a match have improved in the past few years but still there are several minority patients who need a match.
Large number of donors from the same race increase the chance of a patient finding a match for a life-saving marrow transplant.

Together, we can HELP BRING A SMILE BACK TO LIFE.

Facts

According to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society:

• An estimated 750,000 Americans are living with leukemia, lymphoma or myeloma

• Someone is diagnosed with one of these this diseases approximately every 5 minutes

• More than 6,500 New Yorkers were diagnosed with one of these diseases in 2005

But, advances have been made:

• The survival rate for Hodgkin's Lymphoma is 85%, as opposed to 40% in 1960

• 86% of children diagnosed will survive, while in 1974, the five-year survival rate for children was only 53%

We are making great strides towards helping patients find matched transplants.  But, we need to remember that our commitment does not end with a signature and a sample of our cells.  We need to be ready to help  when we are called upon as donors.  Let's work together to bring smiles back to life.