National Marrow Donor Program to Hold Transplant Survivorship Conference

The National Marrow Donor Program's Office of Patient Advocacy will be holding its first two patient survivorship conferences this month.  Living Now - A Survivors' Conference on Life After Transplant will bring together nationally-recognized experts, patients, families and caregivers to discuss survivorship issues after a marrow or cord blood transplant.

San Fransisco
Saturday, June 9, 2007
9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Westin San Fransisco Airport Hotel

Philadelphia
Saturday, June 16, 2007
9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Renaissance Hotel at the Philadelphia Airport

Patients, families, caregivers and healthcare professionals can still register for the conference by visiting www.marrow.org/livingnow.  Information including registration fees, a detailed agenda with featured speakers, and a map to the hotel can be found online.

Each year, more than 12,000 patients are treated with a marrow or cord blood transplant.  A growing number of transplant patients live longer but with continuing health issues.  After a transplant, patients and their caregivers face additional physical, financial and emotional challenges.  The intent of this conference is to address these challenges through general and breakout sessions that provide practical advice, tips and resources patients can apply to their own lives.

"Marrow and cord blood transplant survivors have a unique set of survivorship needs," explains Elizabeth Murphy, R.N., Ed.D, director of the Office of Patient Advocacy.  "This conference will address some of the most common medical, social and financial issues after having a transplant."

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NMDP Office of Patient Advocacy (OPA)