Panel A shows typical morphologic features of an involved lymph node from a patient with Burkitt’s lymphoma: monotonous (uniform) sheets of medium-size cells with numerous mitotic figures and ...

Burkitt lymphoma cells look similar to DLBCL under a microscope. One difference is that they have a change to a gene called MYC. Telling these two cancers apart is important, because the ...

The distinction between Burkitt's lymphoma and diffuse large-B-cell lymphoma is crucial because these two types of lymphoma require different treatments. We examined whether gene-expression ...

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’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 ...

Burkitt lymphoma is a malignant, fast-growing tumor that originates from a subtype of white blood cells of the immune system and often affects internal organs and the central nervous system.

"Burkitt" is a creative documentary film about the life of Irish surgeon Denis Burkitt who discovered Burkitt's lymphoma - as ...

Endemic Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) emerges from B cells, is the most common cancer in children in equatorial Africa and harbors Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) in >95% that, together with the malaria ...

Burkitt lymphoma is a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). NHL is a type of blood cancer that affects white blood cells called lymphocytes. It is a cancer of the lymphatic system. Burkitt lymphoma is ...

Usually, it’ll turn into diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. But it can also transform into Burkitt lymphoma, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, or other fast-growing types of lymphoma. This can affect the way ...