Prospective Cohort Study Testing Interventions to Reduce Diagnosis Delay and Treatment Abandonment of Children With Burkitt Lymphoma in Kenya
The combination of timely diagnosis and modest financial support for families to complete treatment significantly improved the survival rate of children with BL in our study. This program has the potential to be implemented for children with other cancers and in other LMIC settings.
Authors
- Festus Njuguna
- Saskia Mostert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4583-8603)
- Nicholas Kigen
- Ann M. Moormann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1113-2829)
- Teresa Lotodo
- P J Loehrer
- Terry Vik
- Gail H. Vance
- Boaz Odwar
- Gertjan Kaspers
- Gilbert Olbara
- Martha Kipngetich
- Sandra Langat
Institutions
- Moi University (KE)
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (US)
- Zuyd University of Applied Sciences (NL)
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KE)
- Emma Kinderziekenhuis (NL)
- Princess Máxima Center (NL)
- AMPATH (KE)
- Indiana University School of Medicine
- Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JCO Global Oncology
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1200/go-25-00186
- Primary Topic
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Cancer Institute