Aboriginal bone marrow donors needed

From: Alberta Sweetgrass | Date: September 30, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

Aboriginal bone marrow donors needed

In Canada, there are four Aboriginal people waiting to find a compatible bone marrow donor for a transplant. One of them is Robert L'Hirondelle.

Robert is seven years old and was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia four years ago. After undergoing two-and-a-half years of chemotherapy, Robert's cancer went into remission, but it returned in June.

Robert is back in chemotherapy, but the best course of treatment for him now is a bone marrow transplant. Without it, his chances of survival are about 10 per cent. A transplant would increase those ...

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