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Literature on seasonality of leukaemia shows conflicting results. We analysed the month of diagnosis of acute leukaemia in East Anglia, UK, for the period 1971-94, which showed a significant 40% summer excess (P < 0.001) for acute lymphocytic leukaemia both in children (P < 0.01) and adults (P = 0.01). Methodology, results and possible aetiological interpretations are presented.
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Badrinath, P., Day, N. & Stockton, D. Seasonality in the diagnosis of acute lymphocytic leukaemia. Br J Cancer 75, 1711–1713 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1997.292
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