Figure 1.

Nanotechnology tools-based cancer targeting diagnosis and treatment. Various types of nanotechnological tools such as liposome, polymers, micelles, and dendrimers are exploited for targeted delivery of drug nanoparticles. The targeting of these nanoparticles may be active or passive. Nanotechnology-based cancer diagnosis is possible by the application of microfluidic chip, identification of biomarkers, nanoscale probe and quantum dots. Cancer treatment is made possible by nanotechnology-based photoinduced gene silencing, RNA mediated cancer nanotherapy, overcoming multidrug resistance and nanotechnology-based CRISPR/Cas9 delivery.