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  2. Radiation-induced lung injury - Wikipedia

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    Radiation-induced lung injury (RILI) is a general term for damage to the lungs as a result of exposure to ionizing radiation. [1] In general terms, such damage is divided into early inflammatory damage ( radiation pneumonitis ) and later complications of chronic scarring ( radiation fibrosis ).

  3. Acute radiation syndrome - Wikipedia

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    While DNA damage happens frequently and naturally in the cell from endogenous sources, clustered damage is a unique effect of radiation exposure. [41] Clustered damage takes longer to repair than isolated breakages, and is less likely to be repaired at all. [42] Larger radiation doses are more prone to cause tighter clustering of damage, and ...

  4. Effects of nuclear explosions on human health - Wikipedia

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    Radiation poisoning, also called "radiation sickness" or a "creeping dose", is a form of damage to organ tissue due to excessive exposure to ionizing radiation. The term is generally used to refer to acute problems caused by a large dosage of radiation in a short period, though this also has occurred with long-term exposure to low-level radiation.

  5. Treatment of infections after exposure to ionizing radiation

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    The patient that develops neutropenia after radiation is susceptible to irradiation damage to other tissues, such as the gastrointestinal tract, lungs and the central nervous system. These patients may require therapeutic interventions not needed in other types of neutropenic infections.

  6. Who should worry about lung cancer? A doctor explains - AOL

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    The American Cancer Society has just updated their lung cancer screening guidelines in an effort to increase earlier detection. Dr. Leana Wen walks us through the different kinds of lung cancers ...

  7. Pulmonary toxicity - Wikipedia

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    Pulmonary toxicity is the medical name for side effects on the lungs. Although most cases of pulmonary toxicity in medicine are due to side effects of medicinal drugs, many cases can be due to side effects of radiation (radiotherapy). Other (non-medical) causes of pulmonary toxicity can be chemical compounds and airborne particulate matter.