Nanotechnology-Based Precision Tools for the Detection and Treatment of Cancer

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mirkin, Chad A. (Editor), Meade, Thomas J. (Editor), Petrosko, Sarah Hurst (Editor), Stegh, Alexander H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Cancer Treatment and Research, 166
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Oncology.; Nanotechnology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Cancer Research.

This book discusses emerging nanotechnology-based tools that have the potential to dramatically impact cancer research, diagnostics, and treatment. Cancer is a complex, devastating, and debilitating disease and, although much progress has been made, novel, more effective diagnostic and treatment opt...

Table of Contents:

• Nanoflares as Probes for Cancer Diagnostics
• Therapeutic Applications of Spherical Nucleic Acids
• Theranostic Magnetic Nanostructures (MNS) for Cancer
• Nanodiamond-Based Chemotherapy and Imaging
• Theranostic Lipid Nanoparticles for Cancer Medicine
• Synthetic High-Density Lipoprotein-Like Nanoparticles as Cancer Therapy
• Radiosensitization and Nanoparticles
• Hybrid Nanoparticles for Cancer Imaging and Therapy
• Exploring Tumor Microenvironment with Nanoparticles
• How nanoparticles interact with cancer cells
• Engineering the Nanoparticle-Protein Interface for Cancer Therapeutics
• Calibration-Quality Cancer Nano-Therapeutics
• Cancer Nano-Therapeutics in Clinical Trials.