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No Seasonality in the Diagnosis of Acute Leukemia in the United States<xref ref-type="fn" rid="FN2">2</xref>
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1982
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Hematological MalignancyOncologyMixed-phenotype Acute LeukemiaClinical EpidemiologyDiagnosisPathologyHematologyAcute LeukemiasSeasonal PatternsMolecular DiagnosticsPublic HealthMedicineUnited StatesCancer ResearchEpidemiologyAcute Leukemia
Dates of diagnosis of 7,000 cases of acute leukemia occurring in the United States between 1969 and 1981 were reviewed for detection of seasonal patterns. No strong evidence was found for seasonality in the diagnosis of acute leukemias as a whole or for subgroups based on cell type, age, or geography. Previous indications of seasonal fluctuation may represent the selective reporting of chance events.