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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 Aug 1;74(5):1323–1331. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.02.057

Table 1.

Adverse reactions to radiation therapy

Disorder Years of
Age/Sex
Radiation
Treatment
Outcome Reference
A-T 10.5/M 30 Gy Died, 8 months (7)
A-T 9/M 27.5 Gy
(mediastinal
tumor)
27.5 Gy
(supraclavicular
area)
Died, 3 months (61)
A-T 3.9/M 3 Gy Died, < 1 month (58)
A-T 7/M 30 Gy Died, 3 weeks (62)
A-T 3.8/F 30 Gy Died, 9 months (63)
A-T 9/M 16 Gy Severe mucosal
ulceration
(64)
A-T 4.5/M 18 Gy Leukoencephalopathy (65)
A-T 7/M 24 Gy (brain)
12 Gy (spine)
Somnolescence
syndrome
(66)
A-T 9/F 9 Gy Died, 10 months (67)
A-T 15.2/M 15.5 Gy Died,1 month (59)
A-T 3.9/M 3 Gy Died, 3 months (59)
A-T 1.5/M 18 Gy (brain)
3 Gy (chest)
No excessive toxicity (68)
A-T 2.5/M 24 Gy (brain)
6 Gy (spine)
Leukoencephalopathy,
10 months
(68)
NBS 5/M 36 Gy Died, 18 months (69)
NBS 3/M 23.4 Gy
(craniospinal)
55.8 Gy
(posterior fossa)
Interstitial
pneumonitis, Died, 3
months
(23)
FA 26/F NS Died, 4 months (70)
FA 17/F 68 Gy Died, 3 months (71)
FA 22/M NS Alive, 10 months post (72)
FA 26/M 70 Gy Died during RT (73)
FA 27/F 42.5 Gy Severe moist skin
reaction, Died, 3
months
(74)
FA 23/F NS Died, 4 years (75)
FA 20/F NS Died, 2 months (76)
FA 14/M 80 Gy Died, 6 months (77)
FA 25,29/F 72 Gy Died, 6 months (78)
FA 12/M NS Died, 4 months (79)
FA 29/F 32.5 Gy Died, 12 months (80)
FA 32/F 3.2 Gy Died, 9 months (81)
FA 18/F NS Died, 3 months (82)
FA 32/F 34 Gy Ulcerating
oropharyngeal
mucositis, Alive, 3
months
(83)
FA 14/F 21.6 Gy Dead (84)
FA 29/F NS Died, 9 months (32)
FA 24/M 67 Gy, 55.8 Gy,
25.2 Gy
Died, 3 months (37)
FA 32/M 8 Gy Died, < 1 week (37)
FA 25/F 9 Gy Died, 1 week (33)
Ligase
IV
14/M 18 Gy Died, 8 months (44)
Bloom 33/F 60 Gy severe, acute radiation
toxicity
(85)