Wosornu J L, Nkrumah F K, Perkins I V
Br J Cancer. 1971 Sep;25(3):479-86. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1971.60.
Of 141 suspected cases of Burkitt's lymphoma referred from all over Ghana between November 1965 and June 30, 1969, the diagnosis of Burkitt's lymphoma was confirmed histologically in 60. This report deals with survival of all 50 treated and evaluable cases. The overall estimated long term survival rate was 38·5% calculated actuarially. It was 63·2% for Stage I (10 of 18); 20·0% for Stage II (2 of 10); and 25·4% for Stages III and IV combined (3 of 22), thus confirming the value of staging as a rough guide to prognosis. Six Stage I patients who died all had large tumors. These results have been compared with a similar study by Morrow et al. (1967) from Uganda.
在1965年11月至1969年6月30日期间，从加纳各地转诊的141例疑似伯基特淋巴瘤病例中，经组织学确诊为伯基特淋巴瘤的有60例。本报告涉及所有50例接受治疗且可评估的病例的生存情况。经精算计算，总体估计长期生存率为38.5%。I期为63.2%（18例中的10例）；II期为20.0%（10例中的2例）；III期和IV期合并为25.4%（22例中的3例），从而证实了分期作为预后粗略指导的价值。6例死亡的I期患者均有巨大肿瘤。这些结果已与莫罗等人（1967年）来自乌干达的类似研究进行了比较。
