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Nanotechnology in Cancer
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Nanotechnology in Cancer

by Anshu Mathur
October 2016
Intermediate to advanced
218 pages
7h 18m
English
Elsevier
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Foreword

Anshu B. Mathur

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States

Application of nanotechnology in cancer is the forefront of nanomedicine that can improve quality of life of the patients suffering from disease, disability, and disfigurement. Nanotechnology can be applied to target diverse areas afflicted by cancer such as invasive and metastatic diseases, aesthetic plastic surgery, and therapeutic delivery via catheters and stent coatings.

Nanotechnology can generate various structures and shapes with programmable properties resulting in specificity of function. While research has heavily focused on carbon and gold nanoparticles, nanotubes, and other combination structures, the size of the structures defines ...

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