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Nanotechnology in Cancer
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Nanotechnology in Cancer

by Anshu Mathur
October 2016
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
218 pages
7h 18m
English
Elsevier
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Chapter 6

Magnetic nanoparticles and cancer

S. Bucak and C.L. Altan,    Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey

Abstract

Cancer, being the number one cause of death, is a disease that becomes even more widespread as the population’s life expectancy increases. Chemotherapy drugs that are designed to destroy the cancer cells, inevitably kill also the healthy cells. Without being targeted or controlled release, these drugs are administered in high doses which make them highly toxic. Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are currently being investigated for their versatile use in drug targeting, therapy, and diagnostics. In this chapter the toxicity of magnetic particles and types of MNPs and their synthesis methods are shortly summarized. As different types ...

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ISBN: 9780323390811