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This book summarizes the latest advances in nanomaterials and techniques in the field of tumor-targeted diagnosis and therapy. It provides valuable information for beginners and senior researchers, and stimulates new research directions by offering novel and provocative insights into the properties and technical principles of nanomaterials. The book systemically discusses the challenges in tumor treatment, current tumor-targeted strategies, drug-release strategies, diagnosis and therapeutic patterns, and also explores newly developed multifunctional nanomaterials and related systems.
List of contents
1 Introduction.- 2 Barriers for tumor drug delivery.- 3 Tumor-targeted strategies.- 4 Tumor-responsive drug release strategies.- 5 Tumor diagnosis patterns.- 6 Tumor therapeutic modes.- 7 Carbon-based tumor-targeted systems.- 8 Silica-based tumor-targeted systems.- 9 Lipid-based tumor-targeted systems.- 10 Dendrimer-based tumor-targeted systems.- 11 Polymer-based tumor-targeted systems.- 12 Other new tumor-targeted systems.- 13 Clinical applications of tumor-targeted systems.- 14 Challenges and perspectives of tumor-targeted systems.
About the author
Dr. Rongqin Huang is a Professor at the School of Pharmacy, Fudan University. She received her Ph.D. from Fudan University in 2008 and completed her post-doctoral research at the University of Munich in 2010. She became an Associate Professor at Fudan University in 2011, and a Professor in 2017. Her research focuses on biomedical applications of new nanomaterials and techniques, and she has published more than 60 articles in respected international journals.
Dr. Yi Wang is an Associate Professor at the Center for Advanced Low-dimension Materials, Donghua University. He received his Ph.D. in 2014 and worked as an engineer at Fudan University before he joined the Center for Advanced Low-dimension Materials at Donghua University in 2017. Dr. Wang's research mainly focuses on new nanomaterials and techniques for tumor theragnosis. He has published about 50 articles in respected international journals.
