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The treatment results for patients with Burkitt lymphoma have improved markedly over the past 20 years. Focus on the rapid doubling time of the lymphoma, and the frequent involvement of the central nervous system, have led to effective intensive chemotherapy regimens, where several of the drugs cross the blood-brain barrier. The overall survival is now 65-80% even when patients have advanced disease at the time of diagnosis. However, the condition and its complications such as tumour lysis syndrome are acute life threatening, and a quick diagnosis and proper management of complications are essential for the prognosis.

Radioimmunotherapy is a well-known treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. (90)yttrium (Y)-ibritumomab-tiuxetan consists of a radioisotope conjugated to a monoclonal anti-cluster of differentiation 20 antibody, which is targeted against B-lymphocytes. Initially the treatment indication was relapse of low-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. However, (90)Y-ibritumomab-tiuxetan has later been used in clinical trials in the treatment of other types of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and prior to stem cell transplantation. Based on the literature this systematic review aims to throw light on the future possibilities of radioimmunotherapy.