title: Burkitt's lymphoma: a model for clinical oncology.
abstract: Burkitt's lymphoma, a pathological entity initially described in Africa, is the most common childhood lymphoma in western countries and represents approximately 5% of all adults lymphomas. This high grade small non-cleaved diffuse lymphoma is a model with which to study the relations between cancer and viruses, the chromosomes and the genes. Burkitt's lymphoma is also a model for clinical research which allows evaluation of the dose effect concept with chemotherapy and the role of megatherapy with autologous bone marrow rescue.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Oncology Department, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bouffet
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Frappaz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pinkerton
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Favrot
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Philip
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male