Lymphoproliferative and myeloproliferative disease in Tasmania

Tasmania, an island state of the Australian Commonwealth with a population of 400,000 of predominantly Anglo-Saxon heritage, has relatively centralized oncology services. A study was undertaken of all patients known in December 1971 and of all new cases diagnosed since January 1972 with all forms of leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, myeloma, and other myeloproliferative and lymphoproliferative disorders. Data were obtained with respect to lifetime residential and occupational history, schools attended, and known familial cases of any of the myeloproliferative and lymphoproliferative disorders.