In peripheral blood lymphocytes of 12 nurses and 3 patients exposed to antineoplastic drugs we determined the ability to repair DNA after UV irradiation and DNA replicative synthesis after stimulation by PHA. In nurses the levels of unscheduled DNA synthesis and DNA replication were not different than in a control group, whereas in patients significant changes were observed during and after chemotherapy in the level of both types of DNA synthesis.

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