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2020 ] IN RE : DKMS BMST FOUNDATION INDIA 419
(d) DKMS-BMST facilitates the treatment of blood cancer and other
blood disorders across the globe by promoting awareness and en-
couraging people in India to register as potential blood stem cell
donors as well as facilitating the process of blood stem cell dona-
tions for donors identified in India. Given that DKMS-BMST is a not
for profit organisation, it recovers minimal from the patients and
thus to continue its operations, it receives cash and kind donations
from entities in India and outside.
(e) With more than 1300 persons succumbing to cancer every day in
India, it has become one of the major causes of death occurring in
the country due to communicable and life-style ailments. As per da-
ta of the National Cancer Registry Program of the India Council of
Medical Research (ICMR), the estimated mortality rate due to can-
cer saw an increase of six per cent approximately between 2012 and
2014. Every five minutes, someone in India is diagnosed with blood
cancer or other blood related disorders. Blood Cancer accounts for
8% of all new cases of cancer diagnosed in India. For these diag-
nosed, their lives will be irrevocably changed. Some will need
months of intensive therapies and others will need lifelong treat-
ment. Studies suggest that India ranks 3rd highest in reported cases
of Blood Cancer, after the US and China and affects more than
70,000 men and women in the country. This growing burden is a se-
rious concern for public health administrators in India.
(f) The aim of DKMS-BMST is to improve the situation of patients suf-
fering from blood cancer and other blood disorders in India and
throughout the world, by raising awareness about blood stem cell
transportation and registering potential blood stem cell donors.
Blood cancers (like leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, myelodysplas-
tic syndrome and myeloproliferative disorders) is one of the most
common cancers and affects the production of blood cells and their
many functions, such as fighting off infections or preventing serious
bleeding. Most of these cancers start in the bone marrow where
blood is produced.
(g) The stages of blood cancer are divided on the basis of metastasis.
There are different scales to determine different stages, according to
the symptoms and rate of metastasis. Mainly the stages of blood
cancer have been divided into four parts :
(i) Stage 1 : The blood cancer 1st Stage includes the enlarge-
ment of the lymph nodes. This happens because of the sud-
den increase of the number of the lymphocytes. The risk at
this stage is very low as the cancer is not yet spread or affect-
ed any other physical organ.
(ii) Stage 2 : In the blood cancer 2nd Stage, spleen, liver and
lymph nodes get enlarged. It is not necessary that all these
organs get affected at the same time; however, this stage in-
cludes one of these organs for sure. The growth of the lym-
phocytes is very high in this stage.

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