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Be the Match
For patients diagnosed with leukemia, lymphoma and other life-threatening diseases, a bone marrow or cord blood transplant may be their best or only hope for a cure. Yet 70% of patients who need a transplant do not have a matching donor in their family. They depend on Be The Match® an international marrow donor program to find a match to save their life.
Online Registration
Donors ages 18 to 44 years old can receive a complimentary kit throughout the month of February by using the promo code "childrens".
Dates: February 1, 2015 – February 28, 2015
Follow Easy Steps:
- Go To: www.BeTheMatch.org
- Click: “Join The Registry” or “Join Online”.
- Confirm you meet basic registry guidelines (health, commitment to donate if matched, etc.).
- Complete online form/questionnaire and order kit using promo code “childrens”.
- The kit will arrive by mail. Follow instructions to swab the inside of your cheek to be typed.
- Return kit via mail.
Cost: Free to registrant by using the promo code “childrens”
Join the Registry online at www.bethematch.org
February Promo Code: childrens
By Your Side
With 24 pediatric hematologists and oncologists on staff, all of whom are faculty members at UT Southwestern Medical Center, we care for more than 1,000 new patients each year making the Gill Center the largest childhood cancer and blood center in the region.