George Leroy Burkitt passed away on June 15, 2025, at the age of 86. George was born on March 7, 1939, to Sarah Elaine (Mabery) Burkitt and Melvin Harry Burkitt in Cass City, Michigan. George lived a ...

"Burkitt" is a creative documentary film about the life of Irish surgeon Denis Burkitt who discovered Burkitt's lymphoma - as told by first-time filmmaker Éanna Mac Cana - a survivor of this cancer.

The German Multicenter Study Group for Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (GMALL) B-ALL/NHL 2002 protocol achieved a 3-year overall survival and progression-free survival of 73% in adult patients with ...

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a member of the herpesvirus family, is a highly common human pathogen that can remain latent in B lymphocytes after the primary infection. Although this latent state is ...

Hodgkin lymphoma (formerly known as Hodgkin disease), which involves an abnormal type of lymphocyte called Reed-Sternberg cells Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which does not contain Reed-Sternberg cells Both ...

This may make you think before you ink. A study of people in Sweden found that those who had gotten tattoos were 21% more likely to have subsequently been diagnosed with malignant lymphoma. And the ...

A new study revealed that getting a tattoo — regardless of size — increases the risk of developing lymphoma, a type of blood cancer Getting a tattoo, regardless of size, increases the risk of ...

A new study out of Sweden finds that people with tattoos have a 21% higher risk of developing lymphoma, a type of blood cancer. Microgen - stock.adobe.com A new study out of Sweden finds that people ...

His groundbreaking research, which he performed with Yvonne Barr, his doctoral student, uncovered the first virus capable of causing cancer in humans. By Delthia Ricks In March 1961, Dr. Anthony ...

The lymphatic system is the network of vessels, tissues, and organs that are part of the body’s immune system. Lymphoma develops in infection-fighting cells called lymphocytes that circulate through ...

Burkitt’s leukemia, or Burkitt’s lymphoma, occurs when tumor cells develop in the bone marrow and bloodstream. Burkitt’s lymphoma is a rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Lymphoma is a blood cancer ...

Burkitt lymphoma is an aggressive B-cell lymphoma requiring intensive therapy, which places patients at risk for severe toxicity. However, few studies have described these patients' clinical outcomes ...