Burkitt lymphoma: The effect of age, sex and delay to diagnosis on treatment completion and outcome of treatment in 934 Patients in Cameroon

Peter Bernard Hesseling; Glenn Mbah Afungchwi; Bernard Wirndzem Njodzeka; Paul Wharin; Francine Nicole Kouya; Mariana Kruger

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0299777

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Burkitt lymphoma: The effect of age, sex and delay to diagnosis on treatment completion and outcome of treatment in 934 Patients in Cameroon

Peter Bernard Hesseling ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

¶☯ PBH and GMA are joint first authors

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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Glenn Mbah Afungchwi ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: mbahlos@gmail.com

¶☯ PBH and GMA are joint first authors

Affiliation Department of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Bamenda, Bamenda, Cameroon

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5512-9624

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Bernard Wirndzem Njodzeka,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services, Bamenda, Cameroon
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Paul Wharin,

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Beryl Thyer Memorial Africa Trust, Burton Latimer, United Kingdom
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Francine Nicole Kouya,

Roles Data curation, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services, Bamenda, Cameroon
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Mariana Kruger

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6838-0180

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Burkitt lymphoma: The effect of age, sex and delay to diagnosis on treatment completion and outcome of treatment in 934 Patients in Cameroon

Peter Bernard Hesseling,
Glenn Mbah Afungchwi,
Bernard Wirndzem Njodzeka,
Paul Wharin,
Francine Nicole Kouya,
Mariana Kruger

Published: March 11, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299777

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