ADVISORY/Nation's Largest Reunion of Bone Marrow Transplant Patients Held at City of Hope Cancer Center; More Than 5,000 Cancer Survivors, Marrow Donors and Guests Attend.

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ADVISORY...for April 16-17

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EVENT SUMMARY

    More than 5,000 bone marrow recipients, their donors, family, and
    friends came together for the 28th Annual "Celebration of Life"
    Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) Reunion at City of Hope Cancer
    Center. The Reunion is the largest of its kind and highlighted
    first time meetings of bone marrow transplant patients and their
    donors, including:

    --  Brenda Masuku, a young mother from Johannesburg, South Africa,
        who flew across the globe to meet Ashley Wilder, a 12-year-old
        girl from Lancaster, Calif., whose life she helped save
        through a bone marrow donation.

    --  Jim Halbeisen, a father of three adult children and a plant
        manager for the Lompoc Federal Penitentiary, was introduced to
        his life-saving marrow donor, Alina Martinez, a Cuban
        immigrant and graphic designer from Arlington, N.J.

    --  Carol Kaufman, a former magazine art director and mother of
        two daughters from Carlsbad, Calif., finally met her bone
        marrow donor, Kim Katz, a pharmaceutical representative from
        Manhattan, N.Y., nearly two years after her transplant.

    A highlight of the speaking program was a surprise visit by Dr.
    Phil McGraw.

SATELLITE FEED COORDINATES

    Coordinates: Telstar 6 - Transponder 15  (CBAND)
    Audio: 5.80/6.20/6.80 (all feeds)

    Friday, April 16, 2004
    6:45 - 7:00 p.m. Eastern  (3:45 - 4:00 p.m. Pacific)
    7:45 - 8:00 p.m. Eastern  (4:45 - 5:00 p.m. Pacific)

    Saturday, April 17, 2004
    7:00 - 7:15 a.m. Eastern (4:00 - 4:15 a.m. Pacific)