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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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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.