Title:Cancer Nanotheranostics: A Nanomedicinal Approach for Cancer Therapy and Diagnosis
VOLUME: 20 ISSUE: 11
Author(s):Paromita Kundu, Deepika Singh, Abhalaxmi Singh and Sanjeeb K. Sahoo*
Affiliation:Laboratory of Nanomedicine, Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Laboratory of Nanomedicine, Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Laboratory of Nanomedicine, Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Laboratory of Nanomedicine, Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Keywords:Cancer, theranostics, nanomedicine, imaging, drug delivery, nanoprobe.
Abstract:The panorama of cancer treatment has taken a considerable leap over the last decade with the
advancement in the upcoming novel therapies combined with modern diagnostics. Nanotheranostics is an
emerging science that holds tremendous potential as a contrivance by integrating therapy and imaging in a single
probe for cancer diagnosis and treatment thus offering the advantage like tumor-specific drug delivery and at the
same time reduced side effects to normal tissues. The recent surge in nanomedicine research has also paved the
way for multimodal theranostic nanoprobe towards personalized therapy through interaction with a specific
biological system. This review presents an overview of the nano theranostics approach in cancer management
and a series of different nanomaterials used in theranostics and the possible challenges with future directions.