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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Soc Integr Oncol. 2008 Summer;6(3):110–121.

Table 2.

Effect of Radiation Dose on Lymphocyte Counts (thou/µL)

Dose (cGy) Stage Surgery HER2 Pretreatment
Lymphocytes
Posttreatment
Lymphocytes
Δ Lymphocytes
5,400 1 M I 0.7 0.34 −0.36
6,000 2 M N 1.07 0.84 −0.23
6,000 2 L N 1.22 0.68 −0.54
6,000 2 M N 0.85 0.62 −0.23
6,040 3 M P 1 0.57 −0.43
6,040 3 M N 0.83 0.25 −0.58
6,040 3 M N 1.24 0.79 −0.45
6,300 2 L P 0.7 0.5 −0.2
6,400 1 L N 1.06 0.8 −0.26
6,440 2 L P 1 1.1    0.1
6,520 3 L N 1.1 0.5 −0.6
6,520 3 M I 0.7 0.5 −0.2
6,640 1 L N 1.04 0.58 −0.46
6,640 3 M N 1.25 0.39 −0.86

I = indeterminant; L = lumpectomy; M = mastectomy; N = negative; P = positive.