Metal and Magnetic Nanostructures for Cancer Detection, Imaging, and Therapy
Metal and magnetic nanostructures process novel optical, electronic, thermal, and magnetic properties that are promising for biomedical applications such as drug delivery and cancer detection, imaging and therapy through various mechanisms. Nanomaterials can be tailored in terms of
their size, shape, and surface characteristics for specific applications such as photothermal ablation therapy, photodynamic therapy, and magnetically targeted drug delivery. Specific examples are drawn from many recent studies on the development and exploitation of new metal and magnetic
nanostructures for cancer treatment. Emphasis is placed on the unique properties of nanomaterials for such applications.
Keywords: CANCER DETECTION; CANCER THERAPY; DRUG DELIVERY; IMAGING; MAGNETIC NANOSTRUCTURES; METAL NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOTHERMAL ABLATION THERAPY
Document Type: Review Article
Publication date: 01 December 2008
- Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology (JBN) is a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal providing broad coverage in all research areas focused on the applications of nanotechnology in medicine, drug delivery systems, infectious disease, biomedical sciences, biotechnology, and all other related fields of life sciences.
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