African Burkitt's lymphoma: could collaboration with HIV-1 and malaria programmes reduce the high mortality rate?

The Lancet

Volumn 375, Issue 9726, 2010, Pages 1661-1663

  Mbulaiteye, Sam M ^a   Talisuna, Ambrose O ^b   Ogwang, Martin D ^c   McKenzie, F Ellis ^d   Ziegler, John L ^e   Parkin, Donald M ^f  

^a Uganda Malaria Surveillance Programme ^*  (United States)

^b Uganda Malaria Surveillance Programme   (Uganda)

^c St Mary's Hospital Lacor Uganda   (Uganda)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG EFFICACY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 77951792284     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60134-1     Document Type: Note

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