The Concentration of Oxygen Dissolved in Tissues at the Time of Irradiation as a Factor in Radiotherapy
- 1 December 1953
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The British Journal of Radiology
- Vol. 26 (312) , 638-648
- https://doi.org/10.1259/0007-1285-26-312-638
Abstract
The sensitivity of tumour cells to X rays has been shown to be about three times as great when irradiated in a well-oxygenated medium as under anoxic conditions. The manner in which sensitivity dep...Keywords
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