title: [Effect of geomagnetic field on leukocyte count in cancer patients. Role of nitric oxide].
abstract: Relationships were studied between leukocyte and neutrophil levels in patients with breast, bladder tumors and Hodgkin's disease and in healthy subjects, on the one hand, and geomagnetic field (GMF) status on the day before blood sampling, on the other. In breast and bladder cancer patients, both total leukocyte and absolute neutrophil counts increased when GMF was high. In the Hodgkin's disease group, that correlation was reversed. In healthy subjects, leukocyte levels decreased and those of neutrophils rose matching the rise in GMF activity, with absolute count of neutrophils being virtually unchanged. It was suggested that cancer patients suffered from an impairment in non-specific immunity caused by neutrophils being destroyed as nitric oxide (NO) was formed due to a drop in GMF intensity. A relationship between NO level in exhaled air and GMF status was identified.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Iamshanov
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Kotelevskiĭ
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D007962:Leukocytes; D008280:Magnetics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D009504:Neutrophils; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D009569:Nitric Oxide