Burkitt's Lymphoma Part 2

Burkitt’s Lymphoma is a type of B cell lymphoma that is classically seen in african children and which without treatment is usually fatal.

Its pathogenesis is a wonderful example of cancer genetics.

It involves a gain of function mutation in the majorly important oncogene c-myc.

In this video we discuss this oncogene and how it becomes dysregulated in Burkitt’s lymphoma.

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