title: Could manipulation of the binding affinity of haemoglobin for oxygen be used clinically to sensitize tumours to radiation?
authors.affiliation: CRC Gray Laboratory, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middx., U.K.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Hirst
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000528:radiation effects*; D015687:Cell Hypoxia / Q000528:radiation effects; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins