Fort Bliss soldier leads bone marrow registration drive
Army Spc. Sutton promotes bone marrow donor registration in the Army, inspired by his mother’s cancer; experts stress its role in cancer treatment.
Army Spc. Christian Sutton, a soldier at Fort Bliss in El Paso, discussed with El Paso Matters his efforts to increase bone marrow donor registration in the Army, a project inspired by his mother, who had Hodgkin lymphoma. To provide more context about the importance of bone marrow donation, Nanda K. Gopalan, M.D., Texas Oncology–El Paso Gateway and El Paso Grandview, shared insights about the role of bone marrow transplants in the treatment of hematological cancers and disorders.
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