Molecular Medicines for Cancer : Concepts and Applications of Nanotechnology (Paperback)

Section I: Nanotechnology-Based Approaches to Target Cancer 1. Nanomedicines for Cancer 2. Effect of Nanocarrier Size/Surface on Molecular Targeting in Cancer 3. Nanocarrier Systems for Anticancer Drug Delivery at the Subcellular Level 4. Chemo-Resistance Reversal Using Nanomedicines 5. Multifunctional Dendrimers as Cancer Nanomedicines: Peptide-Based Targeting 6. Targeting the Tumor Microenvironment 7. Novel Nanoparticulate Drug Delivery Systems for Active Ingredients of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Cancer Therapy Section II: Imaging Technologies in Cancer 8. Noninvasive Imaging in Clinical Oncology: A Testimony of Current Modalities and a Glimpse into the Future 9. Multifunctional Nanocarriers as Theranostic Systems for Targeting Cancer 10. Emerging Nanotechnologies for Cancer Immunodiagnosis and Cancer Immunotherapies Section III: Oligonucleotides and Gene-Based Therapies 11. Nucleic Acid Nanotherapeutics 12. Long Non-Coding RNA and Cancer 13. miRNA Therapeutics to Target Multiple Molecular Pathways: Current Status, Challenges, and Future Prospects 14. Alliance of Lipids with siRNA: Opportunities and Challenges for RNAi Therapy 15. Lipid Nanocarriers for RNAi-Based Cancer Therapy 16. Advancements in Polymeric Systems for Nucleic Acid Delivery 17. Self-Assembling Programmable RNA Nanoparticles: From Design and Characterization to Use as an siRNA Delivery Platform 18. DNA Repair and Epigenetics in Cancer 19. Genomic Engineering Utilizing the CRISPR/Cas System and Its Application in Cancer