Editing Acute radiation syndrome (section)

==Prognosis==
{{See also|Radiation-induced cancer}}

The prognosis for ARS is dependent on the exposure dose, with anything above 8 Gy being almost always lethal, even with medical care.<ref name=NORD2019/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.remm.nlm.gov/ars_timephases5.htm|title=Time Phases of Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS) – Dose >8 Gy|publisher=Radiation Emergency Medical Management|access-date=December 1, 2019|archive-date=June 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628210747/https://www.remm.nlm.gov/ars_timephases5.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[#Skin changes|Radiation burn]]s from lower-level exposures usually manifest after 2 months, while reactions from the burns occur months to years after radiation treatment.<ref name="Andrews"/><ref name="pmid10580952">{{ cite journal |author1=Wagner, L. K. |author2=McNeese, M. D. |author3=Marx, M. V. |author4=Siegel, E. L. | title = Severe skin reactions from interventional fluoroscopy: case report and review of the literature | journal = Radiology | volume = 213 | issue = 3 | pages = 773–776 | year = 1999 | pmid = 10580952 | doi = 10.1148/radiology.213.3.r99dc16773}}</ref> Complications from ARS include an increased risk of developing radiation-induced cancer later in life. According to the controversial but commonly applied [[linear no-threshold model]], any exposure to ionizing radiation, even at doses too low to produce any symptoms of radiation sickness, can induce cancer due to cellular and genetic damage. The probability of developing cancer is a linear function with respect to the [[effective radiation dose]]. Radiation cancer may occur after ionizing radiation exposure following a latent period averaging 20 to 40 years.<ref name="pmid15486177">{{cite journal | author = Gawkrodger, D. J. | title = Occupational skin cancers | journal = Occupational Medicine | location = London | volume = 54 | issue = 7 | pages = 458–63 | year = 2004 | pmid = 15486177 | doi = 10.1093/occmed/kqh098 | doi-access =  }}</ref><ref name="Andrews">{{ cite book |author1=James, W. |author2=Berger, T. |author3=Elston, D. | year = 2005 | title = Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology |  edition = 10th | publisher = Saunders | isbn = 0-7216-2921-0 }}</ref>