Lymphoma is one of the most common malignant diseases in the age group between 20 and 30. It is ranked third as a malignant childhood tumor. In recent years, with the Epidemic of AIDS, the number of lymphoma patients has increased.Method of Study: We did a retrospective study from 1992 to 1998 for Hodgkin's diseased and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients whose early symptoms were in the head and neck.Sex: From a total of 288 patients, 147 had Hodgkin's disease and 141 had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Of the 147 patients with Hodgkin's disease, 109 were male and 31 were female; and from the 141 patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. 89 were male and 52 were female.
Age: On the basis of existing references, patients' ages were 15-35 and above 50 years; but in our research it became clear that the average age for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is 49.3.
Drug Addiction: We show in our study that narcotic addiction has no etiologic role in lymphoma.
Profession: Hodgkin's disease affects academic student, homemakers, laborers and farmers. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma occurs mostly in farmers, housewives and laborers.
Incidence of Lymphoma in the Cities of Khorassan: Hodgkin's disease is found more in Mashhad, Birjand and Sabzevar, while non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is found mostly in Mashhad, Nishabur, Torbat Heydarieh and Gonabad. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma was located in the neck, nasopharynx, sinus, thyroid and parotid gland.