Nanomedicine and Cancer

Description

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 covers an introduction to 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 ground breaking work. The book is essential reading for oncologists, research scientists, doctors, health care professionals, pathologists, biologists, biochemists, chemists and physicists as well as those interested in disease and nanosciences or cancer in general.

Table of Contents

General Aspects, Methods and Techniques

• Nanomedicine-based use of siRNA in Cancer, Guillermo N. Armaiz-Pena, Bulent Ozpolat, Anil K. Sood and Gabriel Lopez-Berestein
• Nanocarriers for Gene Delivery, Conchita Tros de Ilarduya and Gloria Gonzalez-Aseguinolaza
• Cancer Cell Photothermolysis and Gold Nanorod Surface Plasmons, Cheng-Lung Chen and Yang-Yuan Chen
• Tocotrienol Loaded Lipid Nanoparticles in Cancer, Sami Nazzal and Paul W. Sylvester
• Utilization of Magnetic Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy, Deryl L. Troyer and Stefan H. Bossmann
• Nanoparticle Probes and Molecular Imaging in Cancer, Dongfang Liu and Ning Gu
• Iron and Ethylcellulose Nanoplatforms for Cancer Targeting, José L. Arias, Margarita López-Viota and M. Adolfina Ruiz
• Nanoscale Characterisation and the Applications of Matrix Scaffolds in Cancer Biology, L. Soon
• Fluorescence Nanoprobe Imaging Tumor by Sensing the Acidic Microenvironment, Lu Wang and Cong Li
• Magnetic Nanorings and Nanotubes for Cancer Detection and Therapy, Hai Ming Fan and Malini Olivo
• Silicon Nanowire Arrays and Other Silicon Nanostructures and their Clinical Applications to Cancer, Murugan Veerapandian and Min-Ho Lee
• Silver Nanomedicine and Cancer: P. V. Asharani, Luxmi Fatimathas, Hui Kheng Lim, Suresh Valiyaveettil and M.P. Hande
• Nanobubbles and their Putative Application to Cancer Medicine, Tianyi M. Krupka and Agata A. Exner
• Nano-Strategies in the Delivery of Antitumor Drugs to Cancer, José L. Arias
• Gene Silencing with siRNA Encapsulated Nanoparticles to Overcome Tumor Multidrug Resistance, M.M. Amiji, Francis Hornicek and Zhenfeng Duan
• Nano-flow Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Glycans in Cancer, S. Hunter Walker and David C. Muddiman

Specific Cancers and Areas of Focus

• An Electronic Nose: Composite Nano-sensor Arrays in Lung Cancer and COPD, S. Dragonieri
• Nano Arsenic Oxide (As2O3)/(Fe2O3) Iron Oxide Complexes for Liver Cancer, Ziyu Wang and Dongsheng Zhang
• Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Midkine-antisense Oligonucleotide-loaded Nanoparticles, Licheng Dai, Yaoxing and Zhongjing
• Nanotechnology and Nanostructures Applied to Head and Neck Cancer, Erik C. Dreaden, M.A. El-Sayed and I.H. El-Sayed