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So sorry your Father hasn't found a match yet. In addition to what you've already tried, have you reached out to the local Italian community to host donor drives thru Be The Match? This could not only benefit your father, but the entire Italian community as well. And maybe it could go viral so these could be held all over the world...
My donor was found on the Int'l Registry & signed up/was swabbed thru a group that was started 20 years ago for my ethnicity. To date this organization has registered over 250,000 possible donors. The actual event my donor was swabbed at 4 years ago was part of a donor circle started for a baby who needed a transplant & didn't have a match. The donor circle for this baby went viral & people signed up all over the world. The reach of groups like this started for patients who don't have matches can be amazing!
For all transplants & especially cord blood, recommend your father has this at a center with a lot of experience, like Fred Hutch/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance or maybe even the NIH... I'm sure there are others... .
Best of luck
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Dena
Age 54; DX Heavy Chain (AH) Amyloidosis 6/10; AutoSCT 3/11; Amyloidosis remission 6/11; DX SAA 7/11; Horse ATG 3/12; Mini MUD SCT 1/13; Recovered from SAA 5/13 & feeling great
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