%0 Journal Article %A Faraji, Kobra %A Neamatzade, Soada %A Saboori, Hojatollah %T Radiation effect on the number of circulating blood cells in patients receiving radiation therapy in Tohid hospital of Sanandaj in 2014 %J Zanko Journal of Medical Sciences %V 15 %N 46 %U http://zanko.muk.ac.ir/article-1-28-en.html %R %D 2014 %K Radiotherapy, CBC, anemia, leukopenia, lymphocytopenia, total dose, number of fractions, %X AbstractBackground and Aim: Bone marrow suppression as a serious complication of radiotherapy induces leucopenia or neutropenia that results to hospitalization and antibiotic therapy. There is considerable controversy in scientific literature regarding the need to monitor the complete blood count of patients undergoing radiation therapy. While some advocate weekly examination of the peripheral blood, others deem it unnecessary. Since reduction in the number of blood cells has considerable effect on the treatment outcome, this study evaluates the effect of radiation therapy on the number of blood cells.Methods and Materials: This study designed as a retrospective descriptive study of pre- and post-treatment evaluation. The mean ages of patients was 56 years, and with a mean dose of 52 Gy in 28 fractions were treated. 170 patients who had received radiation therapy, evaluated by comparing the mean count of the circulating blood cells before, during and after therapy. For this purpose the average of hemoglobin, Platelets, Lymphocytes, Neutrophils and white blood cell count were recorded and analyzed. Results: there was a significant relationship Between age and the reduction in white blood cells, hemoglobin, lymphocytes, neutrophils and platelets (p %> http://zanko.muk.ac.ir/article-1-28-en.pdf %P 49-58 %& 49 %! %9 Research %L A-10-1-8 %+ %G eng %@ 2383-3343 %[ 2014