Aggressive malignancies respond best to aggressive dose-intense therapies; oncologists hold this truth to be self-evident. However, in adults with the extremely aggressive Burkitt's lymphoma, a ...

Burkitt lymphoma is a highly curable disorder when treated with modern intensive chemotherapy regimens. The majority of adult patients with Burkitt lymphoma in the United States are over age 40 years.

Burkitt’s lymphoma owes its name to the Irish surgeon Denis P. Burkitt, who in 1958 described 38 Ugandan children with rapidly enlarging facial tumors that were uniformly fatal. 7 He postulated that ...

Burkitt’s leukemia, or Burkitt’s lymphoma, occurs when tumor cells develop in the bone marrow and bloodstream. Burkitt’s lymphoma is a rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Lymphoma is a blood cancer ...

Ethan, who has Burkitt Lymphoma, found out his cancer had returned two weeks after successful treatment.

Burkitt's lymphoma is a rare and aggressive blood cancer characterized by a translocation of the MYC gene. It occurs most often in children and young adults. In recent years, CAR-T cell therapy—often ...

Burkitt's lymphoma is a rarely encountered, aggressive B-cell lymphoma that is highly curable in children and young adults. In middle-aged and older adults, however, administering curative therapy may ...

Research into the most prevalent tumors in developing countries significantly lags behind research into those cancers that are more common in Western countries, resulting in higher mortality rates.

Burkitt lymphoma is an aggressive cancer that starts in B cells, which are part of the immune system. It can lead to death, but intensive treatment can improve the likelihood of long-term survival. In ...

Miriam Sevy was a force of nature. That is how Dr. Steve Kussick, president of the board for the all-volunteer, Seattle-based Burkitt’s Lymphoma Fund for Africa, remembers the nonprofit’s founder. A ...

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. It ...

Burkitt lymphoma is a form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in which cancer starts in immune cells called B-cells. Recognized as a fast growing human tumor, Burkitt lymphoma is associated with impaired ...