Biomedical nanotechnology for cancer

Nanotechnology may hold the key to controlling many devastating diseases. In the fight against the pain, suffering, and death due to cancer, nanotechnology will allow earlier diagnosis and even prevention of malignancy at premalignant stages, in addition to providing multimodality treatment not poss...

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Published inThe Medical clinics of North America Vol. 91; no. 5; p. 899
Main Authors Pope-Harman, Amy, Cheng, Mark Ming-Cheng, Robertson, Fredika, Sakamoto, Jason, Ferrari, Mauro
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.09.2007
Subjects
Animals
Antineoplastic Agents - therapeutic use
Humans
Nanomedicine - methods
Nanostructures - therapeutic use
Neoplasms - diagnosis
Neoplasms - drug therapy
Prognosis
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Summary:Nanotechnology may hold the key to controlling many devastating diseases. In the fight against the pain, suffering, and death due to cancer, nanotechnology will allow earlier diagnosis and even prevention of malignancy at premalignant stages, in addition to providing multimodality treatment not possible with current conventional techniques. This review discusses nanotechnology already used in diagnostic and therapeutic applications for cancer. Also addressed are theoretic and evolving uses of nanotechnology, including multifunctional nanoparticles for imaging and therapy, nanochannel implants for controlled release of drugs, nanoscale devices for evaluation of proteomics and genomics, and diagnostic techniques that take advantage of physical changes in diseased tissue.
ISSN:0025-7125
DOI:10.1016/j.mcna.2007.05.008