Cancer Targeting Therapies : Conventional and Advanced Perspectives

This volume in the popular series, Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Sciences, begins with the history of cancer treatment, carcinogens, and molecular mechanisms involved in cancer pathogenesis..

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Editors -- Contributors -- Background -- 1 History of Cancer Therapies -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.1.1 Hippocrates -- 1.1.2 Post-Hippocratic Period -- 1.1.3 Galen of Pergamon -- 1.1.4 Treatment in Later Era -- 1.2 Cancer Therapy -- 1.2.1 Surgical Treatment -- 1.2.2 Radiation Therapy -- 1.2.3 Chemotherapeutics -- 1.2.3.1 Evolution of Chemotherapy -- 1.2.3.2 Drugs Used in Cancer Treatment -- 1.2.3.3 Combination Therapy -- 1.3 Recent Advances in Cancer Treatment -- 1.3.1 Micelles -- 1.3.2 Liposomes -- 1.3.3 Nanoparticles -- 1.3.3.1 Types of Nanoparticles -- 1.4 Recent Innovations and Targeted Therapy -- 1.4.1 Monoclonal Antibodies in Tumor Treatment -- 1.4.2 Selective Tyrosine Kinase and Serine/Threonine-Protein Kinase Small Molecules Inhibitors -- 1.4.3 Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors for Tumor Therapy -- 1.4.4 Molecular Radiotherapy in Tumor -- 1.4.5 Use of Nanotechnology in Cancer Treatment Through Gene Therapy -- 1.4.6 Polymeric Nanoparticles as the Targeted Drug Delivery Systems -- 1.4.7 Drug Delivery Through Carbon Nanotubes -- 1.4.8 Drug Delivery Through Nanodiamonds -- 1.4.9 Radiomics and Patronymics -- 1.4.10 Thermal Ablation and Magnetic Hyperthermia -- 1.5 Conclusion -- References -- 2 Cancer and Carcinogens -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 Types of Carcinogens -- 2.1.2 Characteristics of Carcinogens -- 2.2 History of Carcinogens -- 2.3 Routes of Exposure to Carcinogens -- 2.4 Types of Carcinogens -- 2.4.1 Physical Carcinogens -- 2.4.1.1 Fibers -- 2.4.1.2 Non-Fibrous Particulate Material -- 2.4.1.3 Particulate Air Pollution -- 2.4.2 Biological Carcinogens -- 2.4.2.1 Shigella Flexneri -- 2.4.3 Chemical Carcinogens -- 2.4.3.1 Arsenic -- 2.4.3.2 Asbestos -- 2.4.3.3 4-Aminobiphenyl -- 2.4.3.4 Benzene -- 2.4.3.5 2-Chloroethyl Sulfide..

Medienart:	E-Book

Erscheinungsjahr:	2023 ©2024
Erschienen:	Milton: Taylor & Francis Group ; 2023 ©2024

Reihe:	Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Sciences Series

Sprache:	Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:	Ali, Muhammad Yasir [HerausgeberIn] Bukhari, Shazia [HerausgeberIn]

Links:	ebookcentral.proquest.com [lizenzpflichtig]

ISBN:	978-1-000-98293-0

Themen:	Cancer-Treatment Drug delivery systems

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Umfang:	1 Online-Ressource (313Seiten)

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PPN (Katalog-ID):	1861034156