There was a serious drop in my white blood cell count during the latter half of my treatment of conventional radiation and cisplatin. Like Gary, the red cell count was also low. The low reading of both lasted about 2 years and after that it is climbing gradually.Both started to hit the normal range and remain stable up to now. Maybe the effect of IMRT is more serious, I guess.

Karen.


Karen stage 4B (T3N3M0)tonsil cancer diagnosed in 9/2001.Concurrent chemo-radiation treatment ( XRT x 48 /Cisplatin x 4) ended in 12/01. Have been in remission ever since.