Newcastle Student Needs Life Saving Donor
20 year old Martin Solomon who is a Biomedical Science student at Newcastle University is battling stage 4 Hodgkin's Lymphoma and needs a life saving transplant.
Despite a worldwide search, no match can be found.
After being successfully treated for Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 2007, Martin spent 4 years cancer free, but found out he had relapsed in August this year.
Doctors have now told him that a bone marrow transplant is his only chance of survival, but there is a big shortage of mixed race, black and asian donors.
Martin's heritage is mixed Jamaican and Irish and Martin is much more likely to find a match with someone who is of a similar background.
His family are now urging people aged 16-30, espeically those who are mixed race, to join the Anthony Nolan bone marrow register and become potential lifesavers.
The chance of finding a match if you’re mixed race like Martin is just 40%, compared to 90% for white northern European patients.
There is an event to try and find a match for Martin at the Sports Centre Reception at Newcaslte university today between 10am-4pm
Hear from Martin's mum and sister here
MATCH 4 MARTIN - A family's plea for a life saving bone marrow donor.
Follow Martin's campaign on twitter #Match4Martin
www.match4martin.com
