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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. In general terms, such damage...
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  • effects of radiation other than teratogenesis, including Radiation burns Radiation-induced cancer Radiation-induced lung injury Radiation-induced thyroiditis...
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  • though in modern practice the lungs are often partially shielded to lower the risk of radiation-induced lung injury. Total body irradiation in the setting...
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  • cancer Radiation-induced heart disease Radiation-induced lung injury Radiation-induced thyroiditis Radiation induced cognitive decline This disambiguation...
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    Fibrosis (section Lungs)
    fibrosis (idiopathic meaning 'of unknown cause') Radiation-induced lung injury (following radiation therapies commonly used to treat cancer) Bridging...
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    (oxford) Radiation Pneumonitis, also known as Radiation Induced Lung Injury, describes the initial damage done to the lung tissue by ionization radiation. Radiation...
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    nerve injury typically presents as a visual acuity loss 1–14 years post treatment. In the PNS, injury to the plexus nerves presents as radiation-induced brachial...
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    Acute radiation syndrome (ARS), also known as radiation sickness or radiation poisoning, is a collection of health effects that are caused by being exposed...
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    radiation-induced lung injury. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) belongs to a large group of more than 200 lung diseases known as interstitial lung...
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    (1995). "Radiation-induced Skin Injuries from Fluoroscopy". FDA / Center for Devices and Radiological Health. Shope, T. B. (1996). "Radiation-induced skin...
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  • evidence shows a clear link between lung cancer and high concentrations of radon, with 21,000 radon-induced U.S. lung cancer deaths per year—second only...
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    apomorphine, and nitrofurantoin Radiation therapy to the chest Pulmonary fibrosis involves a gradual replacement of normal lung tissue with fibrotic tissue...
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  • respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a severe lung condition occurring in response to a critical illness or injury. Infant respiratory distress syndrome due...
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  • effect from radiation treatment against hyperthyroidism Chronic radiation syndrome, from long-term radiation. Radiation-induced lung injury, from for example...
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    involving radiation include X-rays, CT scans, mammography, lung ventilation and perfusion scans, bone scans, cardiac perfusion scan, angiography, radiation therapy...
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  • obliterans, inhalation injury, interstitial lung diseases (such as pneumoconiosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, lung fibrosis), infections, lung cancer and mesothelioma...
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  • Ionizing radiation (US, ionising radiation in the UK), including nuclear radiation, consists of subatomic particles or electromagnetic waves that have...
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    from acute lung injury or a lung disease like emphysema. Lung procedures, like surgery, drainage of fluid with a needle, examination of the lung from the...
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  • burns are burn injuries caused by thermal effects of microwave radiation absorbed in a living organism. In comparison with radiation burns caused by...
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    Louie AD, Lee S (June 2023). "TRAIL agonists rescue mice from radiation-induced lung injury". bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2023.06.12.544681. S2CID 259213466. [1]...
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    wound. Puncture injuries result in a cavity in the tissue. Burn injury is caused by contact with extreme temperature, chemicals, or radiation. The effects...
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  • growing source of radiation-induced cancers. Ionizing radiation may be used to treat other cancers, but this may, in some cases, induce a second form of...
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  • Treatment of lung cancer refers to the use of medical therapies, such as surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, percutaneous ablation, and palliative...
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    Clinical Pathology reported that lung biopsies from patients with vaping-associated pulmonary illness show acute lung injury patterns, including organizing...
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    Current management for late normal tissue injury: radiation-induced fibrosis and necrosis. In: Seminars in Radiation Oncology. Volume 17, No. 2, April 2007...
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  • thermal radiation radiant heating radiant intensity radiation hormesis radiation impedance radiation implosion Radiation-induced lung injury Radiation Laboratory...
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  • radiation after the meltdown, who was in his 50s, died from lung cancer; he had been diagnosed in 2016 and his death was attributed to his radiation exposure...
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  • and resulting in acute radiation syndrome. For low level exposures there can be statistically elevated risks of radiation-induced cancer, called "stochastic...
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    potential (in terms of lung cancer) of alpha radiation appears to be consistent with that reported for doses of external gamma radiation i.e. a given dose...
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    fires ignited by thermal radiation may matter little, as in a surprise attack fires may also be started by blast-effect-induced electrical shorts, gas pilot...
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