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Definition of Burkitt's lymphoma in English: Burkitt's lymphomanounˈbəːkɪtsˌbərkits limˈfōmə mass nounMedicine Cancer of the lymphatic system, caused by the Epstein–Barr virus, chiefly affecting children in central Africa. 伯基特（氏）淋巴瘤（患者多为中部非洲儿童） Example sentencesExamples - The development of some types of NHL, such as Burkitt's lymphoma, may have some link to the Epstein-Barr virus (the cause of infectious mononucleosis, or mono).
- Two of these viruses, Kaposis Sarcoma Associated Herpes virus and Epstein - Barr virus, predispose infected individuals to the cancers Kaposis sarcoma, Burkitt's lymphoma and Hodgkin's disease.
- EBV is associated with Hogkin's disease, Burkitt's lymphoma and stomach cancer.
- But scientists have much more to learn about how other genetic mutations, environmental factors and infectious agents, such as the Epstein-Barr virus, work together to cause Burkitt's lymphoma.
- When a patient gets the right therapy, up to 90 percent of the children with Burkitt's lymphoma recover; about half will survive Ewing's sarcoma and rhabdomyosarcoma, and up to 40 percent will recover from neuroblastoma.
Origin1960s: named after Denis P. Burkitt (1911–93), the British surgeon who described it. Definition of Burkitt's lymphoma in US English: Burkitt's lymphomanounˌbərkits limˈfōmə Medicine Cancer of the lymphatic system, caused by the Epstein–Barr virus, chiefly affecting children in central Africa. 伯基特（氏）淋巴瘤（患者多为中部非洲儿童） Example sentencesExamples - Two of these viruses, Kaposis Sarcoma Associated Herpes virus and Epstein - Barr virus, predispose infected individuals to the cancers Kaposis sarcoma, Burkitt's lymphoma and Hodgkin's disease.
- When a patient gets the right therapy, up to 90 percent of the children with Burkitt's lymphoma recover; about half will survive Ewing's sarcoma and rhabdomyosarcoma, and up to 40 percent will recover from neuroblastoma.
- EBV is associated with Hogkin's disease, Burkitt's lymphoma and stomach cancer.
- But scientists have much more to learn about how other genetic mutations, environmental factors and infectious agents, such as the Epstein-Barr virus, work together to cause Burkitt's lymphoma.
- The development of some types of NHL, such as Burkitt's lymphoma, may have some link to the Epstein-Barr virus (the cause of infectious mononucleosis, or mono).
Origin1960s: named after Denis P. Burkitt (1911–93), the British surgeon who described it. |