February 11, 2009 7:27 PM
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Transplant For Mary Travers
(AP)
Mary Travers, the Peter, Paul and Mary folk singer, has been battling leukemia and will undergo a bone marrow transplant after finally finding a suitable donor.
"We found a match - well, almost," Travers wrote onNational Marrow Donor Program , which has worked with Travers, has arranged more than 20,000 transplants since 1987, according to spokesman Pat Thompson.
"Whenever anyone finds a match, their feeling is like they just won the lottery," Thompson said.
By John Christoffersen
"We found a match - well, almost," Travers wrote on
"Whenever anyone finds a match, their feeling is like they just won the lottery," Thompson said.
By John Christoffersen
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