Breast Cancer: Conventional Diagnosis and Treatment Modalities and Recent Patents and Technologies.

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Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer among women worldwide. However, increased survival is due to the dramatic advances in the screening methods, early diagnosis, and breakthroughs in treatments. Over the course of the last decade, many acquisitions have taken place in this critical field of research in the pharmaceutical industry. Advances in molecular biology and pharmacology aided in better understanding of breast cancer, enabling the design of smarter therapeutics able to target cancer and respond to its microenvironment efficiently. Patents and research papers investigating diagnosis and treatment strategies for breast cancer using novel technologies have been surveyed for the past 15 years. Various nanocarriers have been introduced to improve the therapeutic

SUBMITTER: Nounou MI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4589089 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature