Nanotechnology in Cancer Management: Precise Diagnostics toward Personalized Health Care provides a well-focused and comprehensive overview of technologies involved in early stage cancer diagnostics via the detection of various cancer biomarkers, both in-vitro and in-vivo. The book briefly describes the advancement in cancer biomarker research relating to cancer diagnostics, covering fundamental aspects of various techniques, especially transduction methodologies, such as electrochemical, optical, magnetic, etc. In addition, it describes approaches on how to make options cost-effective, scalable for clinical application, and user-friendly. Advancements in technology related to device miniaturization, performance improvement and point-of-care applications round out discussions.
Final sections cover future challenges, the prospects of various techniques, and how the introduction of nanotechnology in cancer management in a personalized manner is useful.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. List of contributors - p. ix 7. 1. Nanotechnology and its application: a review - p. 1 8. 2. Exploring biomarkers and diagnostics system for cancer management - p. 35 9. 3. Electrochemical detection: Cyclic voltammetry/differential pulse voltammetry/impedance spectroscopy - p. 43 10. 4. Fluorescence microscopy of organic dye, nanoparticles, quantum dots and spectroscopy - p. 73 11. 5. Raman spectroscopy/SERS based immunoassays for cancer diagnostics - p. 107 12. 6. Bioinformatics–computer programming - p. 125 13. 7. Magnetic-based sensing - p. 149 14. 8. Microfluidics for early-stage cancer detection - p. 185 15. 9. Scale-up of rapid diagnostics for clinical applications: device development for clinical applications (oral cancer) - p. 211 16. 10. Challenges and future prospects of nano-enabled cancer management - p. 229 17. Index - p. 235
Nanotechnology in Cancer Management: Precise Diagnostics toward Personalized Health Care provides a well-focused and comprehensive overview of technologies involved in early stage cancer diagnostics via the detection of various cancer biomarkers, both in-vitro and in-vivo. The book briefly describes the advancement in cancer biomarker research relating to cancer diagnostics, covering fundamental aspects of various techniques, especially transduction methodologies, such as electrochemical, optical, magnetic, etc. In addition, it describes approaches on how to make options cost-effective, scalable for clinical application, and user-friendly. Advancements in technology related to device miniaturization, performance improvement and point-of-care applications round out discussions.
Final sections cover future challenges, the prospects of various techniques, and how the introduction of nanotechnology in cancer management in a personalized manner is useful.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. List of contributors - p. ix 7. 1. Nanotechnology and its application: a review - p. 1 8. 2. Exploring biomarkers and diagnostics system for cancer management - p. 35 9. 3. Electrochemical detection: Cyclic voltammetry/differential pulse voltammetry/impedance spectroscopy - p. 43 10. 4. Fluorescence microscopy of organic dye, nanoparticles, quantum dots and spectroscopy - p. 73 11. 5. Raman spectroscopy/SERS based immunoassays for cancer diagnostics - p. 107 12. 6. Bioinformatics–computer programming - p. 125 13. 7. Magnetic-based sensing - p. 149 14. 8. Microfluidics for early-stage cancer detection - p. 185 15. 9. Scale-up of rapid diagnostics for clinical applications: device development for clinical applications (oral cancer) - p. 211 16. 10. Challenges and future prospects of nano-enabled cancer management - p. 229 17. Index - p. 235
