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Burkitt lymphoma

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Burkitt lymphoma [ˈbɜːkɪt], Burkitt's lymphoma [ˈbɜːkɪts]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) a rare type of tumour of the white blood cells, occurring mainly in Africa and associated with infection by Epstein-Barr virus
[named after Dennis Burkitt (1911-93), British surgeon who first described the tumour]
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Then doctors discovered that Joanne had Burkitt lymphoma - a very rare and even more aggressive form of the disease.
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In one type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma seen in the UK, the tumour cells have very similar appearances under the microscope to those of classical African or endemic Burkitt lymphoma.
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It was July 2001 when he was diagnosed with one of the worse strains of Non Hodgkins Lymphoma called Burkitt Lymphoma - a cancer of the lymph nodes.
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