Nanotechnological innovations over the last 16 years have brought about the potential to revolutionize specific therapeutic drug delivery to cancer tissue without affecting normal tissues. In addition, there are new nanotechnology-based platforms for diagnosis of cancers and for theranostics, i.e., integrating diagnosis with therapy and follow-up of effectiveness of therapy. This chapter presents an overview of these nanotechnology-based advancements in the areas of prevention, diagnosis, therapy, and theranostics for cancer. In addition, we stress the need to educate bio- and medical students in the field of nanotechnology.
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Zeineldin, R., & Syoufjy, J. (2017). Cancer nanotechnology: Opportunities for prevention, diagnosis, and therapy. In Methods in Molecular Biology (Vol. 1530, pp. 3–12). Humana Press Inc. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6646-2_1
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