Cancer patients often need blood and platelet transfusions during their cancer treatment, and MD Anderson depends on our generous blood and platelet donors to fill this critical need.
Whether your blood type is rare, common or somewhere in between, your donations can help our patients, especially those with blood cancers and those in need of surgery.
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Clinical Nurse Christine Durana donates blood so often, she takes a photo of her arm each time to help her remember when it’s been 56 days and she is eligible to donate again.
“I scroll back through my photos to see when it was taken and then I know when to schedule my next appointment,” says Durana, who works in MD Anderson’s Lymphoma/Myeloma Center.
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