title: Recent advances in biosensor development for the detection of cancer biomarkers.
abstract: Cancer is the second largest disease throughout the world with an increasing mortality rate over the past few years. The patient's survival rate is uncertain due to the limitations of cancer diagnosis and therapy. Early diagnosis of cancer is decisive for its successful treatment. A biomarker-based cancer diagnosis may significantly improve the early diagnosis and subsequent treatment. Biosensors play a crucial role in the detection of biomarkers as they are easy to use, portable, and can do analysis in real time. This review describes various biosensors designed for detecting nucleic acid and protein-based cancer biomarkers for cancer diagnosis. It mainly lays emphasis on different approaches to use electrochemical, optical, and mass-based transduction systems in cancer biomarker detection. It also highlights the analytical performances of various biosensor designs concerning cancer biomarkers in detail.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Warangal, Warangal 506004, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: V S P K Sankara Aditya
authors.initials: VSPKSA
authors.lastname: Jayanthi
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Warangal, Warangal 506004, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: Asim Bikas
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Warangal, Warangal 506004, Telangana, India. Electronic address: urmila.saxena@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Urmila
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Saxena
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009696:Nucleic Acids / Q000032:analysis; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D009696:Nucleic Acids; D011506:Proteins
keywords: Biomarker; Biosensor; Cancer; Diagnosis; Nanotechnology