Only one-fifthy of the total number of lymphoma (tumor of the lymphid tissue or lymph nodes) cases reported in northern India are women says on going US-sponsored study at the ALL IndiaInstitute of Medical Scitnoes(AIIMS), New Delhi.
Doctors at the Institute haveexamined 200 patients fromseveral north Indian towns and villages over the past three years tolocate the characteristics anddemography of lymphomm, innorth India. and provide thepatients the latest frpe"of-cbstchemotherapy profile.
Cormnenting on the lowturnout of women lymphomapatients, V Raina, an expert onmedical ontology at ARMS. says,"More likely, families tend to lettheir women remain at homesuffering, rather than sendingthem to a city hospital.- The ratioof men and women lymphomspatients In the West Is $5,45; buthere it Is 90:20. Besides, there aredelayed reportings here.
Lymphoma manifests Itself as alump In the neck or groln, laterleading to fever and anaenfle, andbreathing disorders. Raina says.There are two kinds of lymphoma- Hodgkins (30 per cent Incidence)and non-Hodgkins (70- par cardInckle").The first stage of lymphoma