Biosensors and molecular technologies for cancer diagnostics

 Content: Front Cover --
 Contents --
 Preface --
 Contributors --
 Chapter 1. Cancer and the Use of Biosensors for Cancer Clinical Testing --
 Chapter 2. Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensor Based on Competitive Protein Adsorption for the Prognosis of Thyroid Cancer --
 Chapter 3. Surface Plasmon Resonance Analysis of Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug Delivery --
 Chapter 4. Dual-Functional Zwitterionic Carboxybetaine for Highly Sensitive and Specific Cancer Biomarker Detection in Complex Media Using SPR Biosensors --
 Chapter 5. Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) and ELISA Methods for Antibody Determinations as Tools for Therapeutic Monitoring of Patients with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) after Native or Pegylated Escherichia coli and Erwinia chrysanthemi Asparaginases --
 Chapter 6. Photonic Biochip Sensor System for Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer --
 Chapter 7. Label-Free Optofluidic Ring Resonator Biosensors for Sensitive Detection of Cancer Biomarkers --
 Chapter 8. Resonant Waveguide Grating Biosensor for Cancer Signaling --
 Chapter 9. Optical Waveguide-Based Biosensors for the Detection of Breast Cancer Biomarkers --
 Chapter 10. Label-Free Resonant Waveguide Grating (RWG) Biosensor Technology for Noninvasive Detection of Oncogenic Signaling Pathways in Cancer Cells --
 Chapter 11. Noninvasive and Quantitative Sensing of Tumor Physiology and Function via Steady-State Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy --
 Chapter 12. Noble Metal Nanoparticles as Probes for Cancer Biomarker Detection and Dynamic Distance Measurements in Plasmon Coupling Microscopy. Chapter 13. Cost-Effective Evaluation of Cervical Cancer Using Reflectance and Fluorescence Spectroscopy --
 Chapter 14. Location and Biomarker Characterization of Circulating Tumor Cells --
 Chapter 15. High-Resolution Microendoscopy for Cancer Imaging --
 Chapter 16. Lensless Fluorescent Imaging on a Chip: New Method toward High-Throughput Screening of Rare Cells --
 Chapter 17. Multiphoton Luminescence from Gold Nanoparticles as a Potential Diagnostic Tool for Early Cancer Detection --
 Chapter 18. Early Detection of Oral Cancer Using Biooptical Imaging Technologies --
 Chapter 19. Tactile Sensing and Tactile Imaging in Detection of Cancer --
 Chapter 20. Biomechanics-Based Microfluidic Biochip for the Effective Label-Free Isolation and Retrieval of Circulating Tumor Cells --
 Chapter 21. Sensitive Mesofluidic Immunosensor for Detection of Circulating Breast Cancer Cells onto Antibody-Coated Long Alkylsilane Self-Assembled Monolayers --
 Chapter 22. Micropatterned Biosensing Surfaces for Detection of Cell-Secreted Inflammatory Signals --
 Chapter 23. Quantum Dots Nanosensor Analysis of Tumor Cells --
 Chapter 24. Compact Discs Technology for Clinical Analysis of Drugs --
 Chapter 25. Colorimetric Multiplexed Immunoassay for Sequential Detection of Tumor Markers. Chapter 26. Molecular Pincers for Detecting Cancer Markers --
 Chapter 27. Fluorescent Nanoparticles for Ovarian Cancer Imaging --
 Chapter 28. Detection of Cancer-Associated Autoantibodies as Biosensors of Disease by Tumor Antigen Microarrays --
 Chapter 29. Detecting Circulation Melanoma Cells in Blood Using Photoacoustic Flowmetry --
 Chapter 30. Self-Contained Enzymatic Microassay Biochip for Cancer Detection --
 Chapter 31. Electrochemical Protein Chip for Tumor Marker Analysis --
 Chapter 32. Charaterization of Cancer Cells Using Electrical Impedance Spectoscopy --
 Chapter 32. Characterization of Cancer Cells Using Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy --
 Chapter 33. Electrochemical Immunosensor for Detection of Proteic Cancer Markers --
 Chapter 34. Electrochemical Biosensors for Measurement of Genetic Biomarkers of Cancer --
 Chapter 35. Microimpedance Measurements for Cellular Transformations and Cancer Treatments --
 Chapter 36. Multiplexible Electrochemical Biosensors for Measurement of Genetic Biomarkers of Cancer --
 Chapter 37. Microelectrode Array Analysis of Prostate Cancer --
 Chapter 38. Graphene-Based Electrochemical Immunosensor for the Detection of Cancer Biomarker --
 Chapter 39. Label-Free Electrochemical Sensing of DNA Hybridization for Cancer Analysis --
 Chapter 40. Electrochemical Biosensor for Detection of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia and Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia --
 Chapter 41. Nanowire Transistor-Based DNA Methylation Detection --
 Chapter 42. Cancer Cell Detection and Milecular Profiling Using Diagnostic Magnetic Resonance --
 Chapter 43. Field Effect Transistor Nanosensor for Breast Cancer Diagnostic --
 Chapter 44. Measuring the Electric Field in Skin to Detect Malignant Lesions --
 Chapter 45. Next Generation Calorimetry Based on Nanohole Array Sensing --
 Chapter 46. Microcantilever Biosensor Array for Cancer Research: From Tumor Marker Detection to Protein Conformational State Analysis.
 Abstract:             Bridging the gap between research and clinical application, Biosensors and Molecular Technologies for Cancer Diagnostics explores the use of biosensors as effective alternatives to the current standard methods in cancer diagnosis and detection. It describes the major aspects involved in detecting and diagnosing cancer as well as the basic elements of biosensors and their applications in detection and diagnostics. The book addresses cancer molecular diagnostics, including genomic and proteomic approaches, from the perspective of biosensors and biodetection. It explains how to measure and unders