Nanotechnology in thoracic surgery

Morgan D Schulz; Onkar Khullar; John V Frangioni; Mark W Grinstaff; Yolonda L Colson

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.02.111

Nanotechnology in thoracic surgery

Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Jun;89(6):S2188-90. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.02.111.

Authors

Morgan D Schulz¹, Onkar Khullar, John V Frangioni, Mark W Grinstaff, Yolonda L Colson

Affiliation

¹ Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.

Abstract

Nanotechnology is an exciting and rapidly progressing field offering potential solutions to multiple challenges in the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer, with the potential for improving imaging and mapping techniques, drug delivery, and ablative therapy. With promising preclinical results in many applications directly applicable to thoracic oncology, it is possible that the frontiers of minimally invasive thoracic surgery will eventually be explored at the nanoscale.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Lung Neoplasms / therapy*
Nanotechnology*
Thoracic Surgical Procedures / methods*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding