Open AccessGastrointestinal cancers in the era of theranostics: Updates and future perspectives
Author(s) -
Marwan Ghosn,
Hampig Raphaël Kourié,
Samer Tabchi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v21.i28.8473
Subject(s) - personalized medicine , data science , precision medicine , medicine , medical physics , computer science , bioinformatics , pathology , biology
Theranostics are one of the practical aspects of personalized medicine. This concept was designed to describe a material combining diagnosis, treatment and follow up of a disease. It evolved and included molecular targeting and nanotechnologies that incorporate both diagnosis and therapeutics. In this editorial, we are presenting briefly the concept and evolution of theranostics, highlighting many applications of theranostics in daily practice and discussing future perspectives and aspects of this model in gastro-intestincal cancers.