Transcript Nanotechnology in Cancer Treatment

 Define and describe nanotechnology in cancer treatment
 List and describe nanotechnology in cancer treatment hardware and
software
 Identify, describe and review nanotechnology in cancer treatment
information system
 Describe advantages/disadvantages of using nanotechnology in cancer
treatment
 Examine legal and ethical issues related to the use of nanotechnology
in cancer treatment
Describe technology-related competencies needed by the professional
nurse working with nanotechnology in cancer treatment
Describe functions of the informatic nurse working with
nanotechnology in cancer treatment
(National Institutes of Health, 2004).
(National Cancer Institute, 2009)
Faster Diagnosis by specifically indentifying precancerous or cancerous calls
Protect drugs from being degraded in the body before
reaching their target
Enhances absorption of drugs into tumors and into
cancerous cells themselves
Allows for better control over timing and distribution of
drugs to tissue
Achieve greater tumor reduction with lower doses of the
drug
Prevent drugs from interacting with normal cells, thus
avoiding side effects (Rados, 2005)
By applying nanotechnology to medicine we have the use of precisely
engineered materials to develop novel therapies and devices that may reduce
toxicity and enhance the efficacy and delivery of treatments.
Application of nanotechnology to cancer can lead to many advances in the
prevention, detection, and treatment of cancer
By gaining access to so many areas of the body, they can potentially
detect diseases and deliver treatments in ways unimagined before now.
Nanotechnology can provide rapid and sensitive detection of cancerrelated molecules, enabling scientists to detect molecular changes that
occur in a small percentage of cells.
Nanotechnology also has the potential to generate unique and highly
effective theraputic agents
Nanotechnology offers the means to aim therapies directly and selectively
at cancerous cells (National Institutes of Health, 2004)
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