Abstract :
Cancerous cells and tumours may occur in any part of the body any time and hence proper diagnosis and treatment of such diseases would need immediate attention. Presently, conventional radiological diagnostic and therapeutic techniques are in use but more reliable and quick techniques are required to be developed to tackle the problem of cancer and tumours, in an effective manner. The current diagnosis techniques are usually in tissue level, and have limitation of low efficiency to detect specially invisible cancer cells. The treatment technique for cancer has been surgery, with or without radiotherapy, for years, while chemotherapy, is also used extensively these days, but this has its limitation of efficacy and the patients suffer from severe side effects.
Keywords :
biological tissues; cancer; cellular biophysics; nanobiotechnology; patient diagnosis; patient treatment; DNA; biochip-based sensors; biochips; cancer detection; cancer diagnosis; cancer hyperthermia; cancer therapy; cancerous cells; carbon nanotubes; cell culture; chemotherapy; in vivo cancer gene therapy; lab-on-chip systems; nanobiotechnological devices; nanosensors; piezo-composite-based nano-sensing devices; piezo-resistive-based sensing device; piezoelectric-based nano-sensing devices; polymer-based devices; radiotherapy; surgery; therapeutic treatment; tissue level; tumour therapy; tumours; Biomedical engineering; Biosensors; Cancer; Engineering in medicine and biology; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Medical treatment; Nanobioscience; Nanoscale devices; Tumors;
