Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the infection -
fighting plasma cells, part of the immune system found mainly in bone marrow.
Not exact matches
Healthy
plasma cells produce antibodies that
fight infection in the body, but myeloma
cells produce high levels of abnormal antibodies that, when the cancer
cells accumulate, they crowd out production of other important blood
cells, both red and white.
Cancers of the breast, prostate, colorectal system, liver and kidney as well as multiple myeloma, a cancer of the
plasma cells that make antibodies to
fight viruses and bacteria, strike earlier, deadlier and more often in some racial and ethnic groups, the National Cancer Institute has shown.
The
plasma cells make antibodies to
fight bacteria and viruses, to stop infection and disease.
Normal
plasma cells make antibodies to help the body
fight infection and disease.
The
plasma cells also make an antibody protein, called M protein, that is not needed by the body and does not help
fight infection.