Program Information
Nanotechnology for Imaging and Therapy
S Cho1*, S Krishnan1*, J Weaver2*, W Cai3*, (1) The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, (2) Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, (3) University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Presentations
WE-G-303-0 (Wednesday, July 15, 2015) 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Room: 303
Over the last decade, there has been a growing interest in applying nanotechnology to cancer detection, treatment, and treatment monitoring. Advances in nanotechnology have enabled the fabrication of nanoparticles from various materials with different shapes and sizes. Nanoparticles can be accumulated preferentially within tumors by either “passive targeting” through a phenomenon typically known as “enhanced permeability and retention” or “active targeting” in which nanoparticles are conjugated with antibodies or peptides directed against tumor and/or stromal markers. The tumor specificity of nanoparticles in conjunction with their unique physicochemical properties offers many novel strategies for cancer treatment and detection. For example, notable approaches in the radiation oncology setting include the use of gold nanoparticles for radiation response modulation of tumor or normal tissue and thermal ablation or hyperthermia treatment of tumors. Some of these approaches are currently being tested either on humans or on animals and, very likely, will become the clinical reality in the near future. Various computational and experimental techniques have also been applied to address unique research issues associated with nanoparticles and may become the standard tools for future investigations and clinical translations. Therefore, both clinicians and researchers may need to be properly educated about the basic principles as well as the promise of nanoparticle-based applications with regard to the future of cancer diagnostics and therapeutics.
This symposium will familiarize the audience with the potential applications of nanoparticles in oncologic imaging and therapy using specific illustrative examples. The audience will be properly oriented by these illustrative examples to the multiple avenues for collaborative research amongst interdisciplinary teams of physicists, clinicians, engineers, chemists, and biologists in industry and academia.
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the physical bases of gold nanoparticle applications for radiosensitization and x-ray fluorescence imaging
2. Understand the parameters that define gold nanoparticle-mediated radiosensitization in biological systems
3. Understand the potential of magnetic nanoparticle characterization of the microenvironment
4. Understand the various strategies for radiolabeling of nanoparticles and their applications
Funding Support, Disclosures, and Conflict of Interest: S.C. and S.K. acknowledge support from MD Anderson Cancer Center, NIH (R01CA155446 and P30CA16672) and DoD (W81XWH-12-1-0198); J.W. acknowledges support from NIH (U54CA151662-01); W.C. acknowledges support from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, NIH (R01CA169365, P30CA014520, and T32CA009206), DoD (W81XWH-11-1-0644 and W81XWH-11-1-0648), and ACS (125246-RSG-13-099-01-CCE).
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