This first comprehensive overview on nanotechnological approaches to cancer therapy brings together therapeutic oncology and nanotechnology, showing the various strategic approaches to selectively eliminating cancerous cells without damaging the surrounding healthy tissue. The strategies covered include magnetic, optical, microwave and neutron absorption techniques, nanocapsules for active agents, nanoparticles as active agents, and active and passive targeting, while also dealing with fundamental aspects of how nanoparticles cross biological barriers.A valuable single source gathering the many articles published in specialized journals often difficult to locate for members of the other disciplines involved.
Author(s): Challa S. S. R. Kumar
Edition: 1
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 426
Tags: Специальные дисциплины;Наноматериалы и нанотехнологии;Нанобиотехнология;
Cover: Nanomaterials for Cancer Therapy......Page 1
Contents......Page 2
Preface......Page 10
1. Conventional Chemotherapeutic Drug Nanoparticles for Cancer Treatment......Page 14
2. Nanoparticles for Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer......Page 53
3. Nanoparticles for Neutron Capture Therapy of Cancer......Page 100
4. Nanovehicles and High Molecular Weight Delivery Agents for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy......Page 135
5. Local Cancer Therapy with Magnetic Drug Targeting using Magnetic Nanoparticles......Page 169
6. Nanomaterials for Controlled Release of Anticancer Agents......Page 181
7. Critical Analysis of Cancer Therapy using Nanomaterials......Page 212
8. Nanoparticles for Thermotherapy......Page 255
9. Ferromagnetic Filled Carbon Nanotubes as Novel and Potential Containers for Anticancer Treatment Strategies......Page 272
10. Liposomes, Dendrimers and other Polymeric Nanoparticles for Targeted Delivery of Anticancer Agents – A Comparative Study......Page 351
11. Colloidal Systems for the Delivery of Anticancer Agents in Breast Cancer and Multiple Myeloma......Page 384
Index......Page 417
