Nanomedicine has opened new avenues for cancer diagnosis and therapy

A crucial feature of nanoparticles, such as liposomes, magnetic nanoparticles, quantum dots, metallic nanoparticles, silica nanoparticles, polymersomes and dendrimers etc., is their higher accumulation in the tumor than in normal tissuesx-3. Various nanoparticles have been intensively used as vehicl...

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Published in:Cancer biology & medicine 2016-09, Vol.13 (3), p.297-298
Main Author: Dai, Zhi-Fei
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:A crucial feature of nanoparticles, such as liposomes, magnetic nanoparticles, quantum dots, metallic nanoparticles, silica nanoparticles, polymersomes and dendrimers etc., is their higher accumulation in the tumor than in normal tissuesx-3. Various nanoparticles have been intensively used as vehicles to deliver chemotherapeutic drugs, genes, photodynamic and photothermal agents for the improvement of their therapeutic efficacy, or as molecular imaging agents to detect and monitor cancer progression because of their excellent electronic, magnetic, optical and structural characteristics.
ISSN:2095-3941
DOI:10.20892/j.issn.2095-3941.2016.0069