Radiation-related lymphopenia is associated with spleen irradiation dose during radiotherapy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 2 Relationships of and clinical characteristics Min ALCs in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Variables	Min ALCs ≤ 300 (n = 15)	Min ALCs > 300 (n = 41)	P value
Age (years, median, range)	57 (34–84)	60 (46–79)	0.239
Gender (male/female)	13/2	33/8	0.593
KPS (>90/≤80)	6/9	13/28	0.562
Hepatitis B virus (+)/(−)	13/2	36/5	0.909
Stage^a
II	1	12
III or IV	14	29	0.076

Min ALC minimum absolute lymphocyte counts during radiotherapy
^aAmerican Joint Committee on Cancer staging manual, seventh edition. Frequency (percent proportions) are shown for all categorical variables and Medians (range) are shown for all continuous variables

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