Nanomedicine
When a diagnosis of cancer is given, the patient is often left with a feeling of loss. Questions soon start running through the mind and many of the answers will be dependent on the ability of current treatment methods to stop the spread of the cancer and kill the offending cells. The process of treatment commonly involved the use of diagnostic tools that provided a more general location of the tumor of cancer cells. Nanomedicine has the ability to pinpoint specific locations for targeted treatment.
The Three Steps to Curing Cancer With Nanomedicine
Once the diagnosis is made, time is of the essence. The sooner treatment is started, the better the chance of the medications and therapies working to destroy the cells. Here is how nanomedicine helps that process become more effective.
Targeting Medication Injected – Targeting medication is used to surround the cells. Once injected, they move to the cancer site and surround the area needing treatment.
Focused Diagnosis and Treatment – The nanomolecules are visible on imaging tests that help doctors to focus treatment on just the right area. X-rays show the nanos are a bright ring around the cells.
Treatment and Cure – When doctors know precisely where the cancer cells are located, they can increase the chance of cure by directing radiotherapy at the cells without damaging surrounding tissues.
The only thing holding back the mass use of nanotechnology in medicine is the lack of long term effect knowledge. How these nanos affect the body after treatment is not well known which means more research is needed into this area.