✦ LIBER ✦
Burkitt lymphoma in the C�te D'Ivoire from 1966 to 1995: A progress report
✍ Scribed by Plo, Koui� J.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 200 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-1532
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✦ Synopsis
Background and procedure:
Eighteen years of experience with burkitt lymphoma (bl), the most common form of childhood cancer in the ivory coast, has been reviewed and the epidemiology analyzed.
Results:
Bl is more commonly found in wooded areas than savannahs by a factor of 5:1. despite good responses to cyclophosphamide-based chemotherapy, chances for survival are often dictated by socioeconomic factors that limit optimal care.
Conclusions:
Better public health measures and improved education and socioeconomic conditions are needed if the fruits of earlier and more aggressive therapies are to be gathered.