Diabetes, Epstein-Barr virus and extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma in India: Unravelling the plausible nexus.

For instance, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) associated nasopharyngeal carcinoma is prevalent among the Chinese[ 8 ] and extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (ENKTCL) is a common neoplasm in South-East Asia and Latin America.[ 9 , 10 ] An increasing trend in the incidence of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) among all other lymphoreticular malignancies has been reported in the Asian continent, with a continuous rise in the Indian subcontinent over the last 30-40 years.[ 11 ] In India, the incidence rate of NHL is[ 12 ] 5.1/100,000 population.

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