Nanomedicine and Cancer

 Content: Front Cover; Preface; Contents; Section 1: General Aspects, Methods and Techniques; 1. Nanomedicine-based use of siRNA in Cancer; 2. Nanocarriers for Gene Delivery; 3. Cancer Cell Photothermolysis and Gold Nanorod Surface Plasmons; 4. Tocotrienol Loaded Lipid Nanoparticles in Cancer; 5. Utilization of Magnetic Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy; 6. Nanoparticle Probes and Molecular Imaging in Cancer; 7. Iron and Ethylcellulose Nanoplatforms for Cancer Targeting; 8. Matrix Scaffolds in Cancer Cell Biology; Physiological Representation and Nanoscale Characterisation. 9. Fluorescence Nanoprobe Imaging Tumor by Sensing the Acidic Microenvironment10. Magnetic Nanorings and Nanotubes for Cancer Detection and Therapy; 11. Silicon Nanowire Arrays and other Silicon Nanostructures and Their Clinical Applications to Cancer; 12. Silver Nanomedicine and Cancer; 13. Nanobubbles and Their Putative Application to Cancer Medicine; 14. Nano-Strategies in the Delivery of Antitumor Drugs to Cancer; 15. Gene Silencing with siRNA Encapsulated Nanoparticles to Overcome Tumor Multidrug Resistance. 16. Nano-flow Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Glycans in CancerSection 2: Specific Cancers and Areas of Focus; 17. Composite Nano-Sensor Arrays Technology in Lung Cancer; 18. Nano Arsenic Oxide (As2O3)/(Fe2O3) Iron Oxide Complexes for Liver Cancer; 19. Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Midkine-antisense Oligonucleotide-loaded Nanoparticles; 20. Nanotechnology and Nanostructures Applied to Head and Neck Cancer; About the Editors; Color Plate Section.
 Abstract:             The nanosciences are a rapidly expanding field of research with a wide applicability to all areas of health. They encompass a variety of technologies ranging from particles to networks and nanostructures. This book focuses on the application of nanomedicine and nanotechnology to cancer. It introduces nanocarriers, nanorods, nanoprobes nanoplatforms, nanorings, nanotubes nanowires, nano-sensor arrays and a variety of methodological techniques. This is done within the framework of numerous cancer types. Contributors are all leading experts and are carrying out groundbreaking work. The book is es