Outcomes
cancer, anemia
LYMPHOCYTOPENIA, CANCER, THROMBOCYTOPENIA, ANEMIA, GRANULOCYTOPENIA, COMPLICATIONS
Acute hematological complications of radiotherapy including lymphocytopenia, granulocytopenia, thrombocytopenia, and anemia were the outcome variables of the study that were assessed once at baseline and then weekly at the end of each week using complete blood count (CBC) with differential at the laboratory of Vali-e-Asr hospital by blinded laboratory staff using KX-21N hematology analyzer (Sysmex Corporation, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan). The results of lab tests were then collected and evaluated by an assessor blinded to random allocation of study groups. The variables of age, gender, the week in which lab tests were done and the type of cancer were also collected using a checklist.