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Radiation induced lymphopenia was common in patients with breast cancer and was also reported to have a negative effect on long\u2010term outcome.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Aims<\/jats:title><jats:p>Lymphopenia may be associated with baseline immune status before radiotherapy (RT). This study aimed to explore the rate and risk factors of lymphopenia before start of the adjuvant RT in patients with breast cancer.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Patients with invasive breast cancer treated from March 2015 to February 2020 and with peripheral lymphocyte counts (PLC) available within 7\u2009days from the beginning of RT were eligible for this study. Data were presented as mean and 95% confidence interval unless otherwise specified. The risk factors of low PLC before RT were identified using univariate and multivariable linear regressions.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 1012 consecutive patients met the study criteria. The mean PLC before RT commencement was 1.58*10<jats:sup>9<\/jats:sup>\/L (95%CI: 1.55\u20131.62*10<jats:sup>9<\/jats:sup>\/L) with 15.2% (95%CI: 13.1%\u201317.6%) CTCAE defined lymphopenia, rendering 12.3%, 2.6%, 0.3%, and 0% for grade 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively. Univariate and multivariable linear regression showed prior chemotherapy was the most significant risk factor (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.001) for low PLC, while age, menopausal status and lymph node stage were not (all <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>s\u2009&gt;\u2009.05). A total of 912 (90.1%, 95%CI: 88.1%\u201391.9%) patients had chemotherapy before adjuvant RT in this study. In patients with HR+\/HER2\u2010 breast cancer, 69.0% (95%CI: 63.0%\u201374.5%) N0 and 98.1% (95%CI: 95.1%\u201399.5%) N1 had also received chemotherapy.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Patients with breast cancer might have lymphopenia from prior chemotherapy at the start of adjuvant RT which could have negative effect on long\u2010term outcome. It is also noted that most of the patients with HR+\/HER2\u2010, early\u2010stage breast cancer were treated with aggressive chemotherapy without knowing the risk of chemotherapy induced lymphopenia. 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