title: Biomedical nanotechnology for cancer.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. amy.pope-harman@osumc.edu
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pope-Harman
authors.forename: Mark Ming-Cheng
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Fredika
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferrari
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D050997:Nanomedicine / Q000379:methods*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011379:Prognosis