BURKITTS-LYMPHOMA - A CASE FILE STUDY OF 160 PATIENTS TREATED IN QUEEN-ELIZABETH-CENTRAL-HOSPITAL FROM 1988 TO 1992

Authors
VANHASSELT EJ BROADHEAD R
Citation
Ej. Vanhasselt et R. Broadhead, BURKITTS-LYMPHOMA - A CASE FILE STUDY OF 160 PATIENTS TREATED IN QUEEN-ELIZABETH-CENTRAL-HOSPITAL FROM 1988 TO 1992, Pediatric hematology and oncology, 12(3), 1995, pp. 277-281
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,Oncology,Hematology
Journal title
Pediatric hematology and oncology → ACNP
ISSN journal
08880018
Volume
12
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
277 - 281
Database
ISI
SICI code
0888-0018(1995)12:3<277:B-ACFS>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
From 1988 to 1992 160 children with clinically or pathologically prove n Burkitt's lymphoma were seen and treated in Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi. We present the epidemiologic features, t he results of staging using ultrasonography, fine needle aspiration bi opsy, and the different treatment regimens used. Lack of resources mad e it extremely difficult to provide the necessary high level of care f or these children or to carry out a proper study in the management of this fascinating disease.