Nano Drug Delivery Strategies for the Treatment of Cancers discusses several current and promising approaches for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer by using the most recent developments in nanomedical technologies. The book presents introductory information about the biology of different types of cancer in order to provide the reader with knowledge on their specificities. In addition, it discusses various novel drug delivery systems, detailing their functionalities, expected outcomes and future developments in the field, focusing on brain, mouth and throat, breast, lung, liver, pancreas, stomach, colon, bool, skin and prostate cancers.
The book is a valuable source for cancer researchers, oncologists, pharmacologists and nanotechnologists who are interested in novel drug delivery systems and devices for treatment of various types of cancer that take advantage of recent advances in this exciting field.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction: An Overview of the Anatomy and Physiology of Different Cancers2. New Chapter: Novel Treatment Approaches and Conventional Therapies for Effective Treatment to Cancers3. Nanoparticles and Brain Cancers4. Nanoparticles and Mouth and Throat Cancer5. Nanoparticles and Breast Cancer6. Nanoparticles and Lung Cancer7. Nanoparticles and Liver Cancer8. Nanoparticles and Pancreas Cancer9. Nanoparticles and Stomach Cancer10. Nanoparticles and Colon Cancer11. Nanoparticles and Blood Cancer12. Nanoparticles and Skin Cancer13. Nanoparticles and Prostate Cancer
Authors
Awesh K. Yadav Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Raebareli, A Transit Campus at Bijnor-Sesendi Road, Sarojini Nagar, Near CRPF Base Camp, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.Dr. Awesh K. Yadav has received his B.Pharm, M.Pharm, and PhD from Dr. Hari Singh Gour University Sagar (MP). He is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics at the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Raebareli, India. He has more than 15 years of teaching and industrial experience in various institutes and industries. He has written dozens of quality research publications in journals of national and international repute. He has also published four books and seven book chapters. He has been awarded the best citation award for his publication in the International Journal of Pharmaceutics in 2005. Dr. Yadav's current research interest includes targeted and controlled novel drug delivery systems for the delivery of various bioactives such as anticancer drugs, anti-Alzheimer's drugs, anti-Parkinson drugs, anti-malarial drugs, sun-screening agents, etc.
Umesh Gupta Department of Pharmacy, Central University of Rajasthan, India. Currently working as Assistant Professor at Department of Pharmacy, Central University of Rajasthan, India, received his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Dr. H. S. Gour University, India under the mentorship of Prof. N K Jain. He has experience as Research Scientist at Ranbaxy Research Laboratories, India and Post-Doctoral Research Associate at South Dakota State University, USA. He has more than ten years of research and academic experience. His area of research is mainly focused on dendrimer mediated drug delivery, solubilization and targeting. He has more than 49 publications and six book chapters to his credit with total citations of more than 2855. Recently he has also published a book with Elsevier as Editor entitled "Nanotechnology-Based Targeted Drug Delivery Systems for Brain Tumors�. Rajeev Sharma Assistant Professor, Amity institute of Pharmacy, Amity University, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India.Dr. Sharma earned his B. Pharm, M. Pharm and Ph.D. form Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. H. S. Gour Central University, Sagar, India. As Assistant Professor, he served in academia at Guru Ramdas Khalsa institute of Science and Technology Jabalpur (M.P.). He has the past experience as Junior research fellow-AICTE, ICMR-SRF and CSIR- research associate during his academic career and currently, working as an assistant manager in biologicals research and development division. He has edited 1 international book Nano Drug Delivery Strategies for the Treatment of Cancers and he published dozens of publications and book chapters. His current research interests are nanocarriers based targeted approach for the effective delivery of bioactives.
