Abstract

Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) is a common hematological malignancy, it's incidence has been rising globally since the 1970s with an increasing prevalence of diabetes mellitus (D.M) and NHL, the number of patients suffering from both diseases is growing. Among adult patients, regardless the gender, the second most common cancers among Yemeni population was NHL with 8.0%. This is a descriptive record-based study of 42 NHL cases admitted to Al-Sadqa Teaching Hospital, ‎National Oncology Center - Aden, from 1st January to 31st December 2017, to identify the prevalence of D.M among NHL patients. In this study, there was 6.37% of patients admitted with NHL,11.9% of them with history of DM, the mean age was higher for patient with diabetes 62.6 ﻍ7.7, male patient percentage was higher with 13.6% and obesity with 42.9 % among patients for NHL and D.M. In this study, 76.8 % of patients treated by CHOP (cyclophosphamide, doxorubiicin, vincristine and prednisone) regime with only adjustment of prednisolone dose for diabetes patients. This study provided, for the first time, the prevalence of diabetes among NHL patients.