Burkitt lymphoma in adults

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 693-703

  Linch, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adults; Burkitt lymphoma; Outcome; Pathology; Prognostic factors; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CARMUSTINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FOLINIC ACID; IFOSFAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; ONCOGENE MYC; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 84857783484     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08877.x     Document Type: Review

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