what is leukemia

What is leukemia?


Under the name cancer, a set of diseases characterized by an anomalous production of a certain cell type of the organism are included. These cells have a rate of growth and division beyond normal limits, so they progressively invade the body.

Leukemia is the uncontrolled proliferation of an abnormal population of blood cells. These abnormal cells infiltrate the bone marrow, preventing the production of the remaining normal cells and invading the blood and other organs.
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    We encourage you to watch a didactic video created by Danilo Allegra and Dania Puggioni (you can activate the subtitles at the bottom of the video's playback screen, as well as choose the language of those subtitles).

    You can also watch this video "Bone marrow, the factory of life" created especially for children of the Health Education and Transplants program promoted in Portuguese schools by Dr. Helena Alves.

    You will also find more information about the different types of leukemia and other malignant hematological diseases in the section of our website "Types of hematological diseases".



* In accordance with Law 34/2002 on Services of the Information Society and Electronic Commerce (LSSICE), the José Carreras Leukemia Foundation informs that all the medical information available at www.fcarreras.org has been reviewed and accredited by Dr. Enric Carreras Pons, Associate number 9438, Barcelona, ​​Doctor of Medicine and Surgery, Internal Medicine Specialist, Hematology and Hemotherapy Specialist and Medical Director of the Bone Marrow Donor Registry (REDMO).