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Despite all major breakthroughs in recent years of research,we are still unsuccessful to effectively diagnose and treat cancer that has express and metastasizes.Thus,the development of a novel approach for cancer detection and treatment is crucial.Recent progress in Glyconanotechnology has allowed the use of glycans and lectins as bio-functional molecules for many biological and biomedical applications.With the known advantages of quantum dots (QDs) and versatility of carbohydrates and lectins,Glyco-functionalised QD is a new prospect in constructing biomedical imaging platform for cancer behaviour study as well as treatment.In this review,we aim to describe the current utilisation of Glyco-functionalised QDs as well as their future prospective to interpret and confront cancer.