LONDON : Doctors treating former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s wife,Kulsoom, noted on Tuesday the reappearance of tumour nodes.

Kulsoom has been undergoing chemotherapy in London after being diagnosedwith lymphoma — a cancer of the lymph nodes in the middle of last year.

She underwent a total of six chemotherapy sessions and three surgeriesduring the last seven months.

Begum Kulsoom Nawaz undergoes fifth chemotherapy session

After a series of scans last week, doctors detected the resurgence of thetumour and a team of doctors will now decide on further surgery along withstrong radiotherapy treatment.

The former premier’s wife was diagnosed with the disease by British doctorson August 22, 2017.

Kulsoom had left for London unexpectedly on August 17 for a medical checkup— on the day when her nomination papers for the NA-120 constituency wereaccepted amid much political hype.

Maryam off to London after successful NA-120 campaign

During Kulsoom’s absence, Maryam Nawaz spearheaded her mother’s by-electioncampaign and led it to victory. However, Kulsoom has since not returned toPakistan owing to her illness.

The NA-120 seat had fallen vacant after the Supreme Court on July 28, 2017,disqualified Nawaz in the Panama Papers case over charges of concealing hissalary from his son’s Dubai-based company that he claims he never received.- Agencies