Burkitt's Syndrome

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Burkitt´s syndrome is a cancer of the lymphatic system.It is most common in Africa and it can be treated.You can get the cancer from other sicknesses.You also can have it treated from blood samples and if you have the cancer you can be cured.Also people with burkitt´s syndrome can have children. Children with burkitt´s syndrome will have the same treatment as adults.If someone with burkitt´s syndrome has children then those children will not be infected.This is because it is a cancer and you can’t be born with a cancer.You get Burkitt’s syndrome from a few things. Burkitt’s syndrome can be linked to the Epstein-Barr virus.Another name for Burkitt’s syndrome is Etoposide.Burkitt’s syndrome is a tumor and symptoms for the cancer is abdominal

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