Effect of radiotherapy on cellular kinetics of peripheral blood monocytes in patients with malignant tumors / 中华放射肿瘤学杂志

Objective To investigate the effect of radiotherapy on cellular kinetics of peripheral blood monocytes in patients with malignant tumors. Methods In patients with malignant tumors, apoptosis and proliferative activity of peripheral blood monocytes were monitored and compared before, during and after radiotherapy. Results Apoptosis and S phase fraction in cancer patients on radiotherapy were higher as compared to these without radiotherapy or the normal control group (8.93%?6.94%, 0.20%?0.20%, 0.15% ?0.13%, and 1.23%?1.15%, 0.54%?0.46%, and 0.33%?0.26%,respectively,F=5.77, P