TD 5/5 (Whole) + Tissue Dose Responses
Skin
(100 cm^2) 5000 cGy Outcome: Necrosis/Ulceration
Taste Change
1000 cGy
Lens
1000 cGy Outcome: Blindness
Lung
1750 cGy Outcome: Pneumonitis
Kidney
2300 cGy Outcome: Nephritis
Dry Desquamation
3000 cGy
Ear (acute serous otitis)
3000 cGy
Liver
3000 cGy Outcome: Liver Failure
Parotid gland
3200 cGy Outcome: Xerostomia
Dry Eye
4000 cGy
Moist Desquamation
4000 cGy
Small intestine
4000 cGy Outcome: Obstruction/Perforation
Heart
4000 cGy Outcome: Pericarditis
Retina
4500 cGy Outcome: Blindness
Larynx (Low dose)
4500 cGy Outcome: Edema
Brain
4500 cGy Outcome: Necrosis
Colon
4500 cGy Outcome: Obstruction/Perforation
Pituitary
4500 cGy Outcome: Reduced Hormone Production
Thyroid
4500 cGy Outcome: Reduced Hormone Production
Necrosis
47 cGy (withering away of bone)
Spinal cord
4700 cGy Outcome: Myelitis/Necrosis
Optic chiasm
5000 cGy Outcome: Blindness
Optic nerve
5000 cGy Outcome: Blindness
Brainstem
5000 cGy Outcome: Infarction/Necrosis
Stomach
5000 cGy Outcome: Perforation/Ulceration
Mandible (Teeth/Gums)
5000-6000cGy
Femoral Head
5200 cGy
Brachial plexus
5500 cGy
Ear (chronic serous otitis)
5500 cGy
Esophagus
5500 cGy Outcome: Stricture/Ulceration
Cauda equina
6000 cGy
TMJ mandible
6000 cGy Outcome: Necrosis
Rectum
6000 cGy Outcome: Stricture/Ulceration
Bladder
6500 cGy Outcome: Contracture
Larynx (High dose)
7000 cGy Outcome: Cartilage Necrosis
Xerostomia
Dry Mouth 2000 cGy
Lhermitte Sign
Electric sensation to limbs 2000-3000 cGy
Permanent Epilation
Hair Loss 6000 cGy
Mucositis/Stomatitis
Painful inflammation and ulceration of the mucous membranes lining 3000cGy
Erythema
Skin Redness 2000 cGy
Trismus
Spasm of the jaw muscles, causing the mouth to remain tightly closed 6000 cGy
Laryngitis
Swelling of larynx 5000 cGy
Dysphagia
Trouble swallowing 2000 cGy
