Evidence of seasonality in the diagnosis of monocytic leukaemia.

Br J Cancer

Medical Physics Department, North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Princes Road, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7LN, UK.

Published: August 2002

Evidence of seasonality in the diagnosis of monocytic leukaemia in England and Wales is presented, with a maximum diagnosis rate in February/March and a minimum in August/September. Previous published results for monocytic leukaemia are of small sample size yet appear consistent with this finding.

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