title: Advances in the application of nanotechnology in the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal tumors.
abstract: Nanotechnology has broad application prospects in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Integrating chemistry, engineering, biology and medicine, nanotechnology is a multidisciplinary research field. Nanoscale imaging technology significantly improves the precision and accuracy of tumor diagnosis. Nanocarriers are able to significantly improve the accuracy of dose and targeted drug delivery and reduce the toxic side effects. This review focuses on the emerging roles of these innovative technologies in gastrointestinal cancer diagnostics and therapeutics. Although several problems and barriers are hampering the development of nanodevices, the potential for nanotechnologies to function as multimodal nanotheranostic agents will likely pave the way for the fight against gastrointestinal cancer.
authors: Department of General Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, P.R. China.
authors: B O
authors: BO
authors: Sun
authors: Department of General Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, P.R. China.
authors: Yantian
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authors: Fang
authors: Department of General Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, P.R. China.
authors: Zhengyang
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authors: Li
authors: Department of General Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, P.R. China.
authors: Zongyou
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authors: Chen
authors: Department of General Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, P.R. China.
authors: Jianbin
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authors: Xiang
keywords: colon tumor; gastric tumor; gastrointestinal tumors; nanotechnology