The changing clinical pattern of endemic Burkitt lymphoma in Western Africa: Experience from a tertiary center in Ghana
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Ugonna T. Offor; Ralph K. Akyea; Lorna Renner; Catherine I. Segbefia; Janet Neequaye
- Source
- Pediatric bloodcancer. 65(10)
- Subject
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics
Endemic Diseases
030231 tropical medicine
Ghana
Teaching hospital
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Tumor stage
Epidemiology
Medicine
Humans
Disseminated disease
Child
business.industry
Hematology
medicine.disease
Tumor site
Burkitt Lymphoma
Jaw Neoplasms
Lymphoma
medicine.anatomical_structure
Oncology
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Abdominal Neoplasms
Child, Preschool
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Cohort
Abdomen
Female
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 1545-5017
BACKGROUND Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is the most common childhood cancer in Ghana, where the endemic variant is the predominant subtype and historically presents as a highly chemo-sensitive jaw tumor. This study aimed to update the current epidemiological characteristics of childhood BL in our institution. PROCEDURE Patient data for all children diagnosed with BL and seen at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital between January 2007 and December 2012 were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS BL was diagnosed in 173 children (