Recent Methods in Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis

Abstract

Conventional cancer treatments and diagnosis, such as surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, biopsy, and X-rays have been used for decades to detect cancer and to treat the patients who suffer from the malady symptoms, however the conventional cancer treatment is harmful to healthy cells, and the conventional cancer detection is not sufficiently sensitive, because it is possible only after substantial growth of cancerous cells. Novel strategies for the treatment and detection of cancer, such as Nanotechnology may greatly enhance the cure opportunities for patients and improve the quality of their life by minimizing the toxic effects of anticancer drugs. In the Nanotechnology methods, such as Sodium Chloride Nanoparticles (SCNPs), Liposomes, Magnetic Nanoparticle (MNPs), Quantum Dots (QDs), and Gold Nanoparticles (AuNPs), the nanoparticles can be designed and formulated to create therapeutic agents that targeting the cancerous cells. In this review, the details of these possi-ble detection, diagnosis and treatment methods of nanotechnology are discussed carefully.