A 44-year-old member asked:
what can you do for acute radiation syndrome?
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Dr. Andrew Turrisi answered
47 years experience Radiation Oncology
There are 3 for: Very high dose exposure: CNS - 100% fatal; GI - 100% fatal, bone marrow with whole body doses over 10gy will lead to death without a bone marrow transplant.
Answered on Jun 10, 2014
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