'Debulking' surgery is unnecessary in advanced abdominal Burkitt lymphoma in Iraq

Al-Attar, A.; Attra, A; al-Bagdadi, R; Alnaimi, Mona I; Al‐Saleem, Tahseen; Pritchard, Jon

doi:10.1038/bjc.1989.123

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“…[8,27,28] Our patients' results (5-year EFS 79.3±4.1 % and OS 76.6±4.0 %) were in proximity to the recent studies from the globe. When our patients' OS and EFS were compared to Al-Attar's study (GRAB regimen) [10,29] and Murphy's study [11,30], the treatment results of our study were higher than these values, which may be due to the time interval or better hospital conditions and supportive therapies.…”

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Alteration in Characteristics and Outcome of Pediatric Burkitt Lymphoma in Turkey: Single-center Experience

Balkaya¹

2020

TJ Oncol

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Burkitt Lymphoma (BL) is an aggressive and rapidly progressive form of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL), and BL gives rise to 3-4% of all childhood malignancies. Its event-free survival has increased up to 85% with current treatment protocols. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether there are some alterations of the clinical and laboratory features of BL at our center in Turkey before and now, or not. METHODS We gathered medical records of a total of 101 patients with BL who were treated in our center retrospectively and assessed for laboratory findings, clinical characteristics, prognostic factors and treatment protocols. RESULTS We found that, nowadays, intra-abdominal presentation of BL was seen more frequently than past at our center in Turkey. However, there was no statistically significant difference. BL was numerically meaningful. Murphy's treatment protocol was more satisfactory compared to past treatment protocols. CONCLUSION Our comparison of the previous and present features of patients showed that there is a shift away from the jaw to mostly intra-abdominal disease presentation at our center, like Uganda, in the course of time. And we also have a large number of patients and the follow-up period is very long (median 111 months for all patients) in the literature. We think that the intra-abdominal component is seen more in our geography with time, but it should be evaluated with more studies in other geographies, especially in Europe and America.

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Alteration in Characteristics and Outcome of Pediatric Burkitt Lymphoma in Turkey: Single-center Experience

Balkaya¹

2020

TJ Oncol

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“…After the papers by Al‐Attar et al 25, 26 published in 1986 and 1989, ours is the first report from Iraq regarding childhood NHL. We analyzed a large series of 239 children with B‐cell NHL uniformly treated with an intensive LMB 96 adapted protocol during the 2000–2005 period.…”

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Treatment of children with B‐cell non‐Hodgkin lymphoma in a low‐income country

Moleti

Al‐Hadad

Al‐Jadiry

et al. 2010

Pediatric Blood & Cancer

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“…The “endemic form” of Burkitt lymphoma occurs in the jaw or extranodal sites of children in equatorial and North Africa and the Middle East 74. The sporadic form of Burkitt lymphoma occurs in children and adults and presents most commonly in the abdomen.…”

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Diagnosis of lymphoma by fine-needle aspiration cytology using the revised European-American classification of lymphoid neoplasms

Young

Al‐Saleem

1999

Cancer

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BACKGROUND Recent changes in the classification of non‐Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) emphasize the diagnostic importance of cytomorphology, immunophenotyping, and molecular findings in addition to histology. These changes have allowed for a greater role of fine‐needle aspiration cytology (FNA) in the diagnosis of NHL. METHODS A review of the English language literature regarding the use of FNA in the cytodiagnosis of lymphoma was performed. The revised European–American classification of lymphoid neoplasms (REAL) was reviewed in the context of its adaptability to the cytologic diagnosis of lymphoid neoplasms. RESULTS FNA is being used more frequently in the diagnosis, staging, and follow‐up of lymphoma whenever supportive studies are readily available. Cytomorphologic, immunophenotypic, and molecular criteria as well as pitfalls in the diagnosis of lymphoma by FNA have been delineated. Information was compiled into tables to facilitate correlation of criteria with the proposed REAL system. CONCLUSIONS Many cases of NHL can be diagnosed and subclassified by FNA when there is adequate immunophenotypic information. [See editorial on pages 322–4, this issue.] Cancer (Cancer Cytopathol) 1999;87:325–45. © 1999 American Cancer Society.

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'Debulking' surgery is unnecessary in advanced abdominal Burkitt lymphoma in Iraq

Cited by 11 publications

References 11 publications

Alteration in Characteristics and Outcome of Pediatric Burkitt Lymphoma in Turkey: Single-center Experience

Alteration in Characteristics and Outcome of Pediatric Burkitt Lymphoma in Turkey: Single-center Experience

Treatment of children with B‐cell non‐Hodgkin lymphoma in a low‐income country

Diagnosis of lymphoma by fine-needle aspiration cytology using the revised European-American classification of lymphoid neoplasms

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