Cancer Therapeutics And Imaging

Download or read book Cancer Therapeutics And Imaging: Molecular And Cellular Engineering And Nanobiomedicine written by Rege Kaushal and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2017-12-05 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the latest advancements in molecular and cellular engineering approaches in addition to nanotechnology for cancer therapeutics and imaging. It also provides an excellent background and state-of-the-art developments in the fields of drug and gene delivery, engineering nanoparticles for therapy and diagnostics, and cancer imaging techniques. The contents of this book include chapters on cutting-edge science in molecular and cellular engineering and nanotechnology as applied to therapeutics and imaging in cancer diseases. The chapters also provide a comprehensive overview on gene therapy and delivery methods for cancer treatment, oral drug delivery and barriers, cancer imaging for diagnostics and therapy, and the latest developments in these fields. Contents: Optically Modulated Theranostic Nanoparticles (Niksa Valim & Amit Joshi)Gene Therapy Treatments for Cancer (Jacob Elmer)Nanocarrier based Pulmonary Gene Delivery for Lung Cancer: Therapeutic and Imaging Approaches (Nishant S Gandhi, Micah Glasgow & Mahavir B Chougule)Quantitative Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging in Cancer Therapy (Shashank R Sirsi & Mark A Borden)Multifunctional Dendritic Nanoparticles as a Nanomedicine Platform (Hao-jui Hsu, Ryan M Pearson & Seungpyo Hong)Oral Drug Delivery Systems for Gastrointestinal Cancer Therapy (Yue-Wern Huang & Sutapa Barua)Cancer Therapeutics with Light: Role of Nanoscale and Tissue Engineering in Photodynamic Therapy (Joyce Liu, Huang-Chiao Huang, Emma Briars, Girgis Obaid, Imran Rizvi & Tayyaba Hasan)Targeted Contrast Agents for 1H MRI of Tumor Microenvironment (Shubhangi Agarwal & Vikram D Kodibagkar)Solid Lipid Nanoparticles and Nanostructured Lipid Carriers as Anti-Cancer Delivery Systems for Therapy and Diagnostics (Samuel V Mussi & Vladimir P Torchilin) Readership: Students and researchers in nanobiotechnology, nanomedicine, cancer research, bioengineering and medical imaging. Keywords: Nanobiotechnology;Nanomedicine;Nanoparticles;Cancer Research;Cancer Therapy;Gene Therapy;Bioengineering;Medical ImagingReview: Key Features: Novel aspects in cancer therapeutic delivery, comprehensive molecular and cellular aspects of cancer delivery and imaging, latest advanced in nanotechnology for cancer