Author/Authors :
hassanzadeh, p. shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, تهران, ايران , fullwood, i. department of medicine, alexandra hospital, redditch, United Kingdom , sothi, s. department of oncology, university hospitals coventry and warwickshire, clifford bridge road, walsgrave, coventry, United Kingdom , aldulaimi, d. department of medicine, alexandra hospital, redditch, United Kingdom
Abstract :
Nanotechnology is the engineering of functional systems at the molecular scale which may exert a revolutionary impact on cancer diagnosis and therapy. Nanotechnology is being applied to cancer in two broad areas: i) the development of nanovectors such as nanoparticles which can be loaded with drugs or imaging agents and then targeted to tumours, and ii) high-throughput nanosensor devices for detecting the biological signatures of cancer. Combined, such technologies could lead to earlier diagnosis and better treatment for cancer patients. © 2011 RIGLD, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases.
Keywords :
Cancer , Cantilevers , Nanotechnology , Nanovectors
