Colten Watson Nanomedicine is a relatively new application of nanotechnology. Nanoparticle are used to carrier and deliver a therapeutic payload to cancerous cells in the tissue. A fundamental issue with nanomedicine is that although the benefits have been well documented […]
Imanouel Tsimchi Introduction. Prostate Cancer is the most prevalent non-dermatological cancer and the third leading cause of death in men with 60,000 new diagnoses every year 30,000 deaths in the United states1. It commonly presents in men age at the […]
Trang Tran Introduction. Skin cancer is the leading cancer diagnosed each year in the US.1,5 It has taken a toll on US economy costing $8.1 billion dollars in the US for skin cancer treatment.1,5 There is a number of risk […]
Cindy Thaung Introduction. Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) refers to cancer originating from the renal epithelium and accounts for 2% of all cancer diagnoses and cancer deaths worldwide (1). CXC chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) nuclear localization has been observed in many […]
Shaili Tapiavala Introduction. Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the Western world (1,4). Today, colorectal cancer patients have an improving prognosis due to early detection, but colorectal cancer is still the third-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in […]
Vijay Sinha Introduction. Head and neck cancer is the sixth leading cancer worldwide (1,2). Anatomical complexity of the organs in the head and neck region make it difficult in treating the disease, resulting in high recurrence rates and poor prognosis […]
Soumya Shekhar Introduction. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains as one of the deadliest types of cancer, with 5-year survival rates remaining around 3% (1). PDAC tends to metastasize earlier than other types of cancer, so the efficacy of traditional first-line […]
Samuel See Introduction. Breast cancer is a disease in which the cells of the breast proliferate uncontrollably and is categorized into subtypes depending on the presence or absence of cell surface estrogen receptors (ER), progesterone receptors (PR), or human epidermal […]
Cherokee Sauer Introduction. Incidence of obesity has been on the rise since the 1970’s. Obesity is a relative risk for cancer in all populations1. Free fatty acids are known to be increased in obesity blood stream. Free fatty acids can […]
Varada Salimath Introduction. Retinoblastoma is the most frequently occurring pediatric ocular cancer.1 It arises from mutation in both alleles of the tumor suppressor gene Rb1 on chromosome 13, which codes for the cell cycle regulating retinoblastoma protein (pRb).2 Symptoms include […]