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Every cent you donate is dedicated to help blood cancer patients receive the best treatment available.
Different blood cancer patients need different treatment, and the costs required are not affordable by everyone. The following is a brief report of the number of patients that our foundation has helped:

Cytogenetic and molecular monitoring of disease relapse following bone marrow transplantation
Number of patients helped: 100
Subsidy needed for every patient: $10,000
Total donation amount from the Foundation: $1,000,000

Brief introduction
Bone marrow transplant is one of the most effective ways to treat blood cancer. Unfortunately, cancer recurrence happens to some patients, even after bone marrow transplant. The Foundation is now offering its support to the cytogenetic and molecular monitoring service, offering regular checkups for patients after bone marrow transplants to detect signs of cancer recurrence, so that suitable treatment can be applied to raise chances of recovery. This monitoring service makes use of advanced cytogenetic and molecular monitor technology, and can discover the existence of one blood cancer cell from out of a million normal cells.

Monitoring and therapy for chronic hepatitis B carriers who are receiving chemotherapy and/or bone marrow transplantation for blood cancers
Number of patients helped: 40
Subsidy needed for every patient: $20,000
Total donation amount from the Foundation: $800,000

Treatment of graft versus host disease after bone marrow transplantation using a monoclonal antibody "Simulect"
Number of patients helped: 20
Subsidy needed for every patient: $20,000
Total donation amount from the Foundation: $400,000

Treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia using "Glivec"
Number of patients helped: 1
Total donation amount from the Foundation: $180,000

Treatment of lymphoma using a monoclonal antibody "Mabthera"
Number of patients helped: 10
Subsidy needed for every patient: $100,000
Total donation amount from the Foundation: $1,000,000


Free shuttle service for patients, 2004-2005
Blood cancer patients often feel weak during chemotherapy, and traveling to hospital through public transport is always a burden to their bodies as well as their pockets. The Foundation has supported The Hong Kong Bone Marrow Transplant Patients' Association by providing a shuttle service for cancer patients living in remote areas.

The shuttle service route is:
Tin Shui Wai Sheung Shui KCR Station Tai Wo KCR Station Fo Tan KCR Station Tsuen Wan MTR Station Queen Mary Hospital
(Mondays to Thursdays, return route not offered)