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I'd like to add one other important (free!) way you can help: Sign up to be a marrow donor.

Alex mentioned graft-vs-host disease. When you get a marrow transplant, the better the match, the more likely you are to survive. The bigger the database, the better chance of a good match.

Seven years ago I lost a good friend to non-hodgkin's lymphoma. Cancer sucks.

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Signed up over a decade ago with Australian Red Cross blood service. Haven't heard anything but it's good knowing that if the call ever comes, I personally might save someone's life. (Donating O- helps in a more general way.)

Haven't heard anything? You should be getting regular pings as they make sure they can reach you annually or more frequently.

I'm an active blood donor so they do know how to reach me.

For non-US donors, check out WMDA[1] for information on joining a marrow donor list. Many countries have some sort of donor-sharing agreements. I know someone in California who received a donation from someone in Germany.

[1] https://www.wmda.info/donor/become-a-donor/

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