Patient Education

Case management and support services

• Learn more about NMDP support and resources for patients
• Patients can contact the NMDP Office of Patient Advocacy by phone or e-mail 

To contact the NMDP Office of Patient Advocacy for any of these services, call (888) 999-6743 (toll free within the United States) or (612) 627-8140 or e-mail opaservices@nmdp.org.

Printed patient education materials

Online patient education

• Disease and treatment information
• The basics of bone marrow or cord blood transplants
• A step-by-step description of the search process
• Tips on planning for transplant 
• Planning for life after transplant
• Information for parents of children undergoing a transplant
• Information about the need for a caregiver

Online patient tools and support resources

• MatchView^SM — patients can see the number of potential donors and cord blood units they may have on the NMDP Registry. For more information, see the MatchView Physician Information.
• Indirect expenses planning tool — patients can create a personalized financial report that combines estimated indirect transplant costs and household expenses
•  Directory of helpful organizations — patients can search by category for resources that match their needs