title: Trends in the incidence of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in India.
abstract: Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is the 11th most common cancer in terms of incidence. It is most frequent in high income countries, with rates more than twice those of middle--to low-income countries. It is usually fatal, with a 5 year survival rate of less than 35 percent. It is not a single cancer, but rather a wide group of cancers (including entities such as Burkitt's lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma), each with a district geographical distribution, development path, age profile and prognosis. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is increasing in incidence world wide. On this background, in this paper an attempt has been made to study the trends in Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in various Indian populations in both sexes.
authors.affiliation: Bombay Cancer Registry, Indian Cancer Society, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra. bcrics@vsnl.com
authors.forename: Balkrishna B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Yeole
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012042:Registries; D017678:Sex Distribution; D016019:Survival Analysis