Nanobiosensors: Role in cancer detection and diagnosis

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 807, Issue , 2014, Pages 33-58

  Gdowski, Andrew ^a   Ranjan, Amalendu P ^a   Mukerjee, Anindita ^a   Vishwanatha, Jamboor K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer detection and diagnosis; Nanobiosensors

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; LIPOSOME; NANOCANTILEVER; NANOPARTICLE; NANOTUBE; NANOWIRE; OSTEOPONTIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; QUANTUM DOT; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROKINASE RECEPTOR; CARBON NANOTUBE;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOSENSOR; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY CANCER; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NANOFABRICATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PANCREAS CANCER; PHOTOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; REVIEW;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; NEOPLASMS; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84903770675     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: 22148019     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-1777-0_4     Document Type: Article

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