Bone Marrow, Stem Cell and Cord Blood Transplants

Is One of These Therapies Right for You? Who Can Benefit and When?

A free conference designed to provide information about available treatments for leukemia, lymphoma, other blood-related disorders and pediatric diseases will take place March 19, 2005, from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Doubletree Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois. Presenters from the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP), Chicago area transplant centers, and patient support groups, including BMT InfoNet, will address key questions about bone marrow, blood stem cell and cord blood transplantation.

Among the topics to be addressed are:

• When to select transplant versus conventional chemotherapy
• What is the NMDP?
• Services available from patient support groups, including
  BMT InfoNet
• Coping with insurance issues
• How to choose a transplant center

The day-long conference will also include break-out sessions designed to answer questions about specific diseases, as well a luncheon panel of survivors who will discuss their transplant experience and answer questions.

For information about how to register for the conference contact:
Leukemia Research Foundation
847-424-0600
info@lrfmail.org
www.leukemia-research.org

This conference is sponsored and supported by the Leukemia Research Foundation, National Marrow Donor Program, Loyola University Health System, the Coleman Foundation, BMT InfoNet, Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, Rush University for Health, Super Sibs!, University of Chicago, and University of Illinois at Chicago.

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