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Burkitt lymphoma is a fast‐growing mature B cell malignancy, whose genetic hallmark is translocation and activation of the c‐myc gene. Prompt multiagent immunochemotherapy regimens can have favorable outcomes, but prognosis is poor in refractory or relapsed disease. We previously identified a novel family of near‐infrared heptamethine carbocyanine fluorescent dyes (HMCD or DZ) with tumor‐homing properties via organic anion‐transporting peptides. These membrane carriers have uptake in tumor cells but not normal cells in cell culture, mouse and dog tumor models, patient‐derived xenografts, and perfused kidney cancers in human patients.