ultrasound in cancer treatment through nanotechnology

Ultrasound in Cancer Treatment through Nanotechnology

Ultrasound in Cancer Treatment through Nanotechnology

*Corresponding author: A. Shakeri-Zadeh, Ph.D. Medical Physics Department, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran E-mail: shakeriz@iums. ac.ir Ultrasound is an exciting theranostic modality that plays a critical role in diagnostic and treatment of various diseases [1, 2]. Owing to its non-invasive nature, acceptable safety, low cost and easy handling, ultra...

Nanotechnology application in cancer treatment

Chemotherapy has been the main known treatment for cancer diseases. However, its achievement rate remains low, mainly because of the restricted accessibility of drugs to the tumor tissue, their painful toxicity, and development of multi-drug resistance. In recent years, either better understanding of tumor biology or development of the ever-growing field of nanotechnology has proposed new treat...

Nanotechnology and Pediatric Cancer: Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment

Despite development of new approaches for the treatment of cancer disease, it is the second cause of mortality in world. Annually, 30000 persons die in Iran due to cancer diseases. Eighty percent of cancer patients are children which about 50% children lead to death. Given the high rate of cancer-related death, the new approaches for prevention, control, early diagnosis, and treatment of this d...

Nanotechnology in Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Nanotechnology refers to research and technology development at the atomic, molecular, and macromolecular scale, leading to the controlled manipulation and study of structures and devices with length scales in the 1-100 nanometers range. Objects at this scale, such as “nanoparticles,” take on novel properties and functions that differ markedly from those seen in the bulk scale. The small size, ...

Nanotechnology for multimodality treatment of cancer

Nanotechnology is the latest evolving field and its applications in medicine in recent decades has shown great potential. It has also given a new face to the therapeutics against cancer in recent years. The electronic databases of MEDLINE, EMBASE and PubMed were searched for recent studies, reporting the importance of nanomedicine. The concluding remarks of the above papers mostly confirmed the...