BREAST CANCER

October 2011 is the Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the scientists working on Sol-Gel, Photonics and Nanoscience have a lot to do with.

Octubre 2011 es el Mes Contra el Cancer de Mama, y los científicos que trabajan en Sol-Gel, Fotónica y Nanociencia tienen mucho que ver.

"Photoinduced treatment of breast epithelial cancer cells using nanostructured titanium dioxide solution". N. Lagopati, P. V. Kitsiou, A. I. Kontos, P. Venieratos, E. Kotsopoulou, A. G. Kontos, D. D. Dionysiou, S. Pispas, E. C. Tsilibary, P. Falaras. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A 214, 215 (2010). doi: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2010.06.031 

"Towards an optical biopsy for the diagnosis of breast cancer in vivo by endogenous fluorescence spectroscopy". L. Alchab, G. Dupuis, C. Balleyguier, M. C. Mathieu, M. P. Fontaine-Aupart, R. Farcy. Journal of Biophotonics 3, 373 (2010). doi: 10.1002/jbio.200900070 

"Silica-gold nanoshells as potential intraoperative molecular probes for HER2-overexpression in ex vivo breast tissue using near-infrared reflectance confocal microscopy". L. R. Bickford, G. Agollah, R. Drezek, T. K. Yu. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 120, 547 (2010). doi:10.1007/s10549-009-0408-z