Burkitt lymphoma is named after British surgeon Denis Burkitt, who first identified this unusual disease in 1956 among children in Africa.

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Burkitt’s lymphoma is a highly aggressive B-cell lymphoma and the most rapidly proliferating human cancer. It is common in children and adolescents but accounts for only 1 to 2% of non-Hodgkin ...

Burkitt lymphoma is rare, accounting for about 1–5% of non-Hodgkin lymphoma cases. It is more common in children, and the average age at diagnosis is 6 years old.

Burkitt’s lymphoma is an aggressive condition, and it is more common in children than adults. There are three types of Burkitt’s lymphoma: endemic, sporadic, and immunodeficiency-associated.

Burkitt's lymphoma is an aggressive B-cell lymphoma that occurs in children and adults and is largely curable with the use of intensive and toxic chemotherapy. Current treatments are less effective ...

Aubrey Barnett was diagnosed with a rare cancer, Burkitt lymphoma, as she started her senior year of high school. As she ...

Burkitt lymphoma is a rare aggressive B cell lymphoma that accounts for 30 to 50 percent of lymphomas in children but only 1 to 2 percent of lymphomas in adults. Burkitt lymphoma is rapidly fatal ...

10051 Background: From 2000 to 2005, the Israel Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology studied the results of the FAB-LMB 96 protocol in children with B cell lymphoma. Methods: Eighty eight patients ...

Burkitt’s lymphoma is a rare and aggressive form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. It is common in children living in sub-Saharan Africa but can also occur in any person with a compromised immune system.