Applications medical devices for cancer diagnosis and therapy

6 Applications medical devices for cancer diagnosis and therapy 

Cancer is one of the most worrying classes of diseases affecting the society nowadays due to its high morbidity and mortality rates. Smart polymers can contribute to the development of new techniques that allow its early diagnosis, and provide alternatives to the currently available therapies, improving their effectiveness and reducing their severe side effects. 

Purushotham and Ramanujan (2010) presented a case study in which iron oxide (Fej04) mNPs were coated with a thermo-sensitive polymer, PNIPAM, and used for simultaneous magnetic hyperthermia and controlled 

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