Frederico Martins, former basketball player for Estoril Basket, was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and urgently needs a bone marrow transplant. The former athlete made a public appeal to the population to find compatible donors. The profile sought is for people aged between 18 and 35 years old. Frederico Martins is fighting this serious illness and needs to find a compatible donor to undergo the transplant that could save his life.
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Frederico Martins, former Estoril Basket athlete, fights leukemia and needs bone marrow transplant
Diário de Coimbra15 September 2026 at 09:42
Why this matters
The community of the Estoril region loses a former local athlete to a serious illness, and all citizens between 18 and 35 years old are now potential donors who can help save a life. This appeal joins others similar in Portugal, where the search for compatible bone marrow donors continues to be a challenge for many patients.
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