TY - JOUR
T1 - Biomedical Nanotechnology for Cancer
AU - Pope-Harman, Amy
AU - Cheng, Mark Ming Cheng
AU - Robertson, Fredika
AU - Sakamoto, Jason
AU - Ferrari, Mauro
N1 - Funding Information:
MCC and MF are grateful to the National Cancer Institute for funding under National Institutes of Health Contract No. NO1-CO-12400.
PY - 2007/9
Y1 - 2007/9
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.mcna.2007.05.008
DO - 10.1016/j.mcna.2007.05.008
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17826110
AN - SCOPUS:34548419696
SN - 0025-7125
VL - 91
SP - 899
EP - 927
JO - Medical Clinics of North America
JF - Medical Clinics of North America
IS - 5
ER -