Internal Contamination with Transuranium Radionuclides: Systematic Review on Assessment Methods and Diethylenetriamine Pentaacetate (DTPA) Treatment

Whether rapid dose assessment contributes to timely treatment decisions could not be assessed with the limited amount of informative studies. In animal studies, DTPA treatment seems to be effective in reducing radiation burden and other proximal outcomes, but risk of bias is high. Evidence for humans is based on a small number of case studies where reductions in body burden have been reported.