Peripheral Lymphocyte Subsets Absolute Counts as Feasible Clinical Markers for Predicting Surgical Outcome in Gastric Cancer Patients After Laparoscopic D2 Gastrectomy: A Prospective Cohort Study

Prophylactic cranial irradiation-related lymphopenia affects survival in patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer

“…The immune system is closely involved in the development and progression of various solid cancers [ 31 ]. Peripheral blood lymphocytes (T cells, B cells and NK cells) are components of the immune system [ 32 , 33 ]. Meanwhile, peripheral blood lymphocytes are known to be highly radiosensitive, and DNA fragmentation can occur at radiation doses as low as 0.5 Gy [ [34] , [35] , [36] ].…”