Abstract

CANCER: A NANOTECHNOLOGICAL APPROACHES

Vaya Raj Kumar*, Modi Ketul, Vaya Rajesh and Shirsat K. Mrunal

Abstract

Cancer is not a single disease. It is a group of more than 200 different diseases. The current decades are marked not by the development of new molecules for the cure of various diseases but rather the development of new delivery methods for optimum treatment outcome. Nanomedicine is perhaps playing the biggest role in this concern. Nanomedicine offers numerous advantages over conventional drug delivery approaches and is particularly the hot topic in anticancer research. Nanoparticles (NPs) have many unique criteria that enable them to be incorporated in anticancer therapy. This paper is an overview of advances and prospectus in application of nanotechnology for cancer prevention, detection and treatment. It is addressed how nanotechnology can help solve one of the most challenging and longstanding problem in medicine, which is how to eliminate cancer without harming normal body tissue.

Keywords: Cancer, Nanotechnology, Nanopartical, Drug Delivery.