Nanocarriers for Cancer Diagnosis and Targeted Chemotherapy

Nanocarriers for Cancer Diagnosis and Targeted Chemotherapy reviews the principles and applications of nanocarriers for targeted drug delivery. Drug targeting involves active and passive strategies that exploit both the use of ligands for interactions and the physical and chemical properties of nanocarriers and micro-environments at target sites. Multidrug resistance and adverse side effects associated with anticancer drugs have attracted greater scientific attention and led formulation scientists to specifically target these drugs to target sites. Nanocarriers like liposomes, niosomes, gold nanorods, carbon nanotubes, and micelles are discussed for the delivery of drugs to specific disease sites.

This is an important reference source for researchers in the biomedical and biomaterials fields who want to gain an understanding on how nanotechnology is used for earlier diagnoses and more effective cancer treatment.

Explores the fundamental principles of drug targeting through different nano-carriers, highlighting major applicationsShows how the use of nanocarriers is leading to quicker cancer diagnosis and more effective treatmentDiscusses the major challenges of using nanocarriers for drug delivery and assesses how to overcome these barriers

1. Potential physical and biological barriers leading to failure of cancer chemotherapy
2. Nanotechnological strategies involved in the targeted delivery of anti-cancer drugs
3. Liposome based targeted delivery of anticancer drugs and effective therapy of tumors
4. Organic ligands as nanocarrier for targeted delivery of mediated active drug targeting for liver cancer
5. Surface functionalized magnetic nanoparticles in cancer drugs delivery and diagnosis
6. Nano-carriers based targeted pulmonary delivery: Novel approaches for effective lung cancer treatment
7. Enhancing therapeutic efficacy of anticancer drugs through functionalized niosomes targeting
8. Carbon nanotubes: Versatile nanocarriers for effective delivery of anti-cancer drugs
9. Construction of stimulus responsive micelles systems for efficient targeting of cancer drugs
10. Nano-targeted radiopharmaceuticals for cancer diagnosis and treatment
11. Potential role of gold nanoparticles in cancer diagnosis and targeted drug delivery