The burden of Burkitt lymphoma in Africa

Abstract Background Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is a relatively common cancer of childhood in tropical Africa, although its precise incidence and continent-wide geographic distribution have not been previously systematically studied. Methods Using the methods employed to produce national estimates of canc...

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Main Authors: Lucia Hämmerl, Murielle Colombet, Rosemary Rochford, David Martin Ogwang, Donald Maxwell Parkin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:Infectious Agents and Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13027-019-0236-7