Innovative Technologies Changing Cancer Treatment
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RCSI Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 31A York Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
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School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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Trinity Translational Medicine Institute (TTMI), St. James’s Hospital and Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Cancer Biotherapeutics, National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland
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Cancers 2018, 10(6), 208; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers10060208
Received: 17 May 2018
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Revised: 13 June 2018
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Accepted: 14 June 2018
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Published: 19 June 2018
Conventional therapies for cancer such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy remain a mainstay in treatment, but in many cases a targeted approach is lacking, and patients can be vulnerable to drug resistance. In recent years, novel concepts have been emerging to improve the traditional therapeutic options in cancers with poor survival outcomes. New therapeutic strategies involving areas like energy metabolism and extracellular vesicles along with advances in immunotherapy and nanotechnology are driving the next generation of cancer treatments. The development of fields such as theranostics in nanomedicine is also opening new doors for targeted drug delivery and nano-imaging. Here we discuss the use of innovative technologies presented at the Irish Association for Cancer Research (IACR) Annual Meeting, highlighting examples of where new approaches may lead to promising new treatment options for a range of cancer types.
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Keywords:
cancer therapeutics; emerging technologies; nanomedicine; computational imaging; cellular stress; radiosensitizing; exosomes
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Charmsaz, S.; Prencipe, M.; Kiely, M.; Pidgeon, G.P.; Collins, D.M. Innovative Technologies Changing Cancer Treatment. Cancers 2018, 10, 208. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers10060208
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Charmsaz S, Prencipe M, Kiely M, Pidgeon GP, Collins DM. Innovative Technologies Changing Cancer Treatment. Cancers. 2018; 10(6):208. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers10060208
Chicago/Turabian StyleCharmsaz, Sara, Maria Prencipe, Maeve Kiely, Graham P. Pidgeon, and Denis M. Collins. 2018. "Innovative Technologies Changing Cancer Treatment" Cancers 10, no. 6: 208. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers10060208
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