Long shot here:

A colleague of mine at a company here in the US has been diagnosed with a rare form of Leukemia that can only be cured by a stem cell transplant. Unfortunately, the doctors have not found her a match. However, there is still an opportunity to support and help her find a match.

Andrea – the person needing the match/lifesaving medical procedure – is of Greek/Cypriot descent and her donor will most likely be of the same background/gene pool. From my understanding however, on occasion, matches are found between patients and donors of different ethnic groups – so please dont let that dissuade anyone from trying to help!

Identifying if you are a match is simple, safe, and painless – Please consider helping and spreading the word to help save a woman’s life! (See the link below)

www.swab4andrea.com

Update: some additional info-

For additional information or to register to be a donor visit www.swab4andrea.com or https://www.facebook.com/Swab4Andrea

To receive a free swab kit please see below or visit www.swab4andrea.com :

In USA for ages 18-40 text Swab4Andrea to 61474

In USA for ages 41-55 please visit https://www.dkms.org/

In Cyprus email cybmdr@karaiskakio.org.cy or call Anita Koumouli at 0035722772700 or visit https://karaiskakio.org.cy/

In Greece visit https://www.xarisezoi.gr/

In Germany visit https://www.dkms.de/

In the UK visit https://www.dkms.org.uk/

All other countries visit Swab The World | Become a stem cell donor

6 comments

  1. What I know is that you have chances to find a match in your family, not in the same ethnic group. That is so bizzare.

    Edit: ok so I did a google search because I found it weird. It is indeed a thing. Sorry for the quick response to this, I was just curious, not disrespectful. Hope she will get through this

  2. Time for the armchair geneticists of reddit to shine and tell you that your best guess for a gene match will either be from Cyprus itself, the Dodecanese, Christian Lebanon and just maybe Crete.

  3. Well the chanse of finding a registry match is approximately one in a million so the chances are not high that they are going to find one if they havent found one already. It is still great to volunteer as you may help other people too. Hope dies last of course and this patient may still be able to receive a haploidentical stem cell transplant, either from the brother (50% chance of match) or maybe a parent, if they are sufficiently young and healthy…

  4. Registering in the UK 🙂 Thanks, I didn’t know it was so easy to get sampled for something like this.

  5. I am in US. Upstate. Greek. I ordered the swab kit. If I’m a match I will be more than happy to help.

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