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Article: Plea for Aboriginal bone marrow donors.
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- Wind Speaker
- Article date:
- October 1, 2000
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Right now in Canada, there are four Aboriginal people waiting to find compatible donors to provide them with bone marrow for a much needed 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. However, during a routine test in June, it was discovered the cancer had returned.
Robert is back in chemotherapy again, but the best course of treatment for him now is a bone marrow transplant. Without it, his chances of survival are at about 10 per cent. A transplant would increase ...