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SUBMITTER: Stanley CC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4884132 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stanley Christopher C CC Westmoreland Kate D KD Heimlich Brett J BJ El-Mallawany Nader K NK Wasswa Peter P Mtete Idah I Butia Mercy M Itimu Salama S Chasela Mary M Mtunda Mary M Chikasema Mary M Makwakwa Victor V Kaimila Bongani B Kasonkanji Edwards E Chimzimu Fred F Kampani Coxcilly C Dhungel Bal M BM Krysiak Robert R Montgomery Nathan D ND Fedoriw Yuri Y Rosenberg Nora E NE Liomba N George NG Gopal Satish S
British journal of haematology 20160223 5
Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is the most common paediatric cancer in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Anthracyline-based treatment is standard in resource-rich settings, but has not been described in SSA. Children ≤18 years of age with newly diagnosed BL were prospectively enrolled from June 2013 to May 2015 in Malawi. Staging and supportive care were standardized, as was treatment with CHOP (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone) for six cycles. Among 73 children with BL, median age was 9·2 ...[more]