Radiosensitivity of peripheral blood lymphocytes obtained from patients with cancers of the breast, head and neck or cervix as determined with a micronucleus assay.

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The in vitro radiation sensitivities of peripheral blood lymphocytes obtained from 48 normal females and 168 female cancer patients were measured with the cytokinesis-blocking micronucleus assay. Cancer patients group had significantly higher mean baseline micronucleus frequency than normal healthy controls. Breast cancer patients were more radiosensitive than normal individuals. Cervical cancer cases were less...

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