E-nnouncement from the National Bone Marrow Transplant Link - December 2014

Helpful Publications

Frequently Asked Questions

Voices of Hope & Healing

Resource Guide

Caregivers' Guide

Survivorship Guide

Online Resources

Understanding & Coping with cGVHD Podcast

Coping with cGVHD Webcast

BMT Spouse Webcast

The Medical Aspects & Management of cGVHD in Children Webcast

Families Coping with cGVHD in Children Webcast

The New Normal Video

Support Services

Celebrate Your Transplant

Request Peer Support

nbmtLINK has partnered with other patient-focused organizations to create ExploreBMT, an easy-to-search online tool that provides direct access to information about blood & marrow transplantation.

ExploreBMT.org

It's Not Too Late to Make Your Year-End Tax Deductible Contribution!

When you are making your year-end tax deductible contribution to the nbmtLINK, please consider a tribute gift to honor a loved one or recognize a special event -- a special birthday or transplant anniversary. A personalized acknowledgement will be sent to the individual or family specified by you. To make your tax-deductible gift online, please click here.

For the nbmtLINK's 2014 Year-End Letter click here.

For the nbmtLINK's 2014 News Update click here.

Peer Support On Call Program at nbmtLINK

This is a free service offered by the National Bone Marrow Transplant Link (nbmtLINK). Emotional support is available through telephone conversations with trained peer support volunteers (PSV) who are BMT survivors, and caregivers. If you would like to request a phone call from a PSV, please call our office at 800-546-5268 and ask for Cindy Goldman, or click on the "Request Peer Support" link in the left hand column under Support Services.

Paid Confidential Market Research Study for Chronic Lymphoid or Lymphocytic Leukemia Patients

If you have been diagnosed with Chronic Lymphoid or Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) you may be eligible to participate in a market research study being conducted to help improve education for people living with Cancer. Patients that qualify and participate, will be paid $150 for taking part in a single web assisted telephone interview.

To schedule a market research interview and learn more please call:

Jane Walker at (888) 392-5000.

Be The Match offers one-on-one Support

Be The Match offers one-on-one professional guidance and education by answering your questions, sharing resources, and providing support. Their team of patient services coordinators can provide answers, connect you to resources, and help you navigate transplant. Contact a Patient Services Coordinator by calling 1-888-999-6743 or emailing patientinfo@nmdp.org.

The National Children's Cancer Society (NCCS) is the featured Organization on ExploreBMT!

NCCS is the featured partner organization on ExploreBMT. Check out this online tool for direct access to a variety of transplant resources from many patient-focused organizations. www.ExploreBMT.org

We thank our Distinguished LINK Partners who Generously Support the Work of the nbmtLINK! If your BMT Center is not a LINK Partner, Please contact myrajacobs@nbmtlink.org

Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute � City of Hope � Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center � Duke Adult Blood and Marrow Transplant Program � Fred Hutchinson Transplant Program at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance � Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin � Henry Ford Transplant Institute � Loyola University Medical Center � Mayo Clinic Cancer Center � Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center � The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at Northside Hospital � Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute � Roswell Park Cancer Institute � Blood & Marrow Transplant Program, The Sidney Kimmel Center at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals � University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center � University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center � University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview � University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Medicine � Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center � American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation � Be the Match � The General Motors Foundation � The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society � Meredith A. Cowden Foundation � Sinai Medical Staff Foundation � WellPoint, Inc �