SRM Journal of Research in Dental Sciences (Jan 2013)

Nanotechnology: A boon in oral cancer diagnosis and therapeutics

  • Abhijeet Alok,
  • Sunil Panat,
  • Ashish Aggarwal,
  • Nitin Upadhyay,
  • Nupur Agarwal,
  • Mallika Kishore

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0976-433x.125591
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 4
pp. 154 – 160

Abstract

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Nanotechnology is rapidly developing subdivision of technology that effects on many fields. Medicine is also influenced by nanotechnology. Nanotechnology modified methods can be used in cancer treatment. Nanotechnology can assist to have better diagnosis with less harmful substance. The use of optical nanoparticles provides efficient drug delivery to tumor cells with liposomes and functionalized micelles. Nanotechnology can be also used in molecular imaging with tomography and photoacoustic imaging of tumors and therapy of cancer as photothermal and radiotherapy. Nanotechnology a next generation techniques have many advantages to treat cancer patients from diagnosis to treatment.

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