Tackling Burkitt when it’s back

Back to basics: tackling the challenges to bedside teaching

Correspondence: rizwan Dewji Imperial College School of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK tel +44 020 7589 5111 Email [email protected] Dear Editor In recent times, there has been a declining trend in bedside teaching as part of the medical teaching curriculum. It is clear that this fundamental issue presents a potential barrier to the development of both curren...

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Tackling Design Anew : Getting Back to the Heart of Organizational Theory

Executive Overview We propose that the study of organization design has been unduly neglected in recent years despite its critical importance for organizational performance. We point to the daunting complexity of the subject matter as a pivotal reason why researchers have turned to other questions. In this paper, we argue that the complexity of design can be successfully approached through the ...

Diagnosis of Burkitt Lymphoma

Clinical presentation in extranodal and nodal sites of rapidly expanding masses in high-risk populations suggests Burkitt lymphoma (BL). Most patients present with advanced disease because of the rapid rate of tumor growth. BL cells have a remarkably short doubling time. Children in equatorial Africa and Papua New Guinea have endemic BL and present with facial tumors in the jaw or orbit, abdomi...

Burkitt Lymphoma: A Review

Burkitt Lymphoma (BL) is a high grade Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma (NHL) that is characterized histopathologically by a mass of diffuse small non-cleaved B cell lymphocytes [1,2]. It is a highly aggressive lymphoma that frequently presents in extranodal sites with a very high proliferation rate. It is the fastest growing tumour, characterized by explosive growth with a doubling time of 24 hours. BL is...