Cancer Nanotechnology
Using nanoparticles to enhance cancer detection, diagnosis, and treatment is a developing field known as "cancer nanotechnology." The size of nanoparticles, which can be engineered to specifically interact with cancer cells or tissues, is between one and one hundred nanometers.
MRIs and PET scans are two imaging modalities that can be enhanced with nanoparticles to help detect cancer earlier and with greater accuracy. Chemotherapy can be administered more effectively and with fewer side effects when drugs are delivered directly to cancer cells using nanoparticles. Moreover, by administering immunotherapies to cancer cells directly or acting as adjuvants that strengthen the immune system's capacity to identify cancer, nanoparticles can be utilized to improve the immune response to cancer.
Generally speaking, cancer nanotechnology presents a viable strategy for enhancing cancer identification, diagnosis, and therapy. By enhancing patient outcomes and quality of life, it may revolutionize cancer therapy.