Main description:

The book covers the latest developments in biologically-inspired and derived nanomedicine for cancer therapy. The purpose of the book is to illustrate the significance of naturally-mimicking systems for enhancing the dose delivered to the tumor, to improve stability, and prolong the circulation time. Moreover, readers are presented with advanced materials such as adjuvants for immunostimulation in cancer vaccines. The book also provides a comprehensive overview of the current status of academic research. This is an ideal book for students, researchers, and professors working in nanotechnology, cancer, targeted drug delivery, controlled drug release, materials science, and biomaterials as well as companies developing cancer immunotherapy.

Contents:

Part 1.- Conventional nanosized drug delivery systems for cancer applications.- Homing peptides for cancer therapy.- Radiolabeling of theranostic nanosystems.- Boosting nanomedicine efficacy with hyperbaric oxygen therapy.- Part 2.- Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles as Carriers for Biomolecules in Cancer Therapy.- Clearable Nanoparticles for Cancer Photothermal Therapy.- Biohybrid Nanosystems for Cancer Treatment: Merging the Best of Two Worlds.- Electrospun Nanofibers for Cancer Therapy.- Nanoneedle-based materials for intracellular studies.- Part 3.- In vitro assays for nanoparticle-cancer cell interaction studies.- 3D tumor spheroid models for in vitro therapeutic screening of nanoparticles.- In vitro and in vivo tumor models for the evaluation of anticancer nanoparticles.- Part 4.- Nanotechnology for the Development of Nanovaccines in Cancer Immunotherapy.- Viral nanoparticles: cancer vaccines and immune modulators.- Industrial Perspective on Cancer Immunotherapy.- Index.