Theranostic nanomedicine for cancer.

Baran Sumer1, Jinming Gao2† †Author for correspondence 1Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390, USA Tel.: +1 214 648 3102; Fax: +1 214 648 2246; E-mail: baran.sumer@ utsouthwestern.edu 2Department of Pharmacology, Harold C Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75093, USA Tel.: +1 214 645 6370; Fax: +1 214 645 6347; E-mail: jinming.gao@ utsouthwestern.edu ‘Over recent decades, there has been explosive development of a variety of nanotechnology platforms to diagnose and treat cancer.’