ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses various applications in the diagnosis and therapy of cancer. It shows that how nanotechnology is applied in the study of cancer and to discuss the various applications of nanotechnology in the diagnosis and treatment of this disease. The chapter provides an overview of radiolabeled nanoparticles (NP) as imaging and therapeutic agents, with examples from literature. It focuses on radiolabeled NPs that have shown promise in the development of multimodality imaging agents. NPs have gained tremendous interest as tools for medical applications. Radioisotopes have grown to be an integral part of this field for purposes of both drug development and diagnostic and therapeutic applications. To move the field of multimodal imaging probes forward, there is a need for research that not only reports a new coating or combination of different components but also performs in-depth investigation on real diagnostic or therapeutic applications with potential for clinical translation.
