What is leukaemia?
The word cancer is used to describe all diseases that are characterized by the abnormal production of a certain type of cell within the organism. These cells have a much higher speed of growth and division than normal cells, which means that they gradually invade the body.
Leukaemia is the uncontrolled proliferation of an abnormal population of cells in the blood. These abnormal cells infiltrate the bone marrow, impeding the production of the remaining normal cells, and invading the blood and other organs.
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- We encourage you to see an instructional video created by Danilo Allegra and Dania Puggioni.
- You can also check out this video "The Bone Marrow: factory of life" created especially for children by the Health Education Program and Transplant promoted in Portuguese schools by Dr. Helena Alves.
* In accordance with the Spanish Law 34/2002 of Information Society and Electronic Commerce (LSSICE), the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Foundation reports that All the medical information available on www.fcarreras.org has been reviewed and accredited by Dr. Enric Carreras Pons, Associate number 9438, Barcelona, Doctor of Medicine and Surgery, Specialist in Internal Medicine, Hematology and Hemotherapy Specialist and Medical Director of the Registry of Bone Marrow Donors (REDMO).
