Biomaterials for Precision Cancer Medicine

ISBN-13: 9780323856614 / Angielski

Saeid Kargozar; Masoud Mozafari

Opis

Biomaterials for Precision Cancer Medicine bridges the gap between materials science and medicine, providing insights into novel biomaterial-based treatments for cancer. The book describes the various smart biomaterial-based treatments available, reviewing how they can be designed to target specific tumor types, adapt to changes in the cell microenvironment and offer smart, personalized therapy for different cancer variants, especially those which are drug-resistant. The book provides a materials-focused look at precision cancer medicine, and is thus useful to materials scientists, biomedical engineers, and biomedical scientists – including cancer and genetic specialists – with an interest in alternative cancer therapies.

Spis treści

1. Introduction to cancer 2. Cancer therapy in the era of precision medicine 3. Precision medicine: Aspects in translational medicine 4. Biomaterials: Fundamentals, processing, and applications 5. Possible targets for biomaterials in cancer treatment6. Biomaterials-based cancer diagnostics: Recent advances 7. Anti-cancer biomaterials: A special design for precision medicine8. Natural plant-derived anti-cancer biomaterials9. Combination cancer therapy by bio-macromolecules and small molecules 10. Biomaterials for cancer immunotherapy 11. Biomaterials for engineering tumor microenvironment 12. Biomaterials for cancer targeted drug delivery13. Engineered smart biomaterials for anti-cancer gene delivery? 14. Biofunctionalization of materials for targeting cancer cells 15. Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-responsive materials in cancer therapy 16. Natural polymers for diagnosis and treatment of cancers 17. Synthetic polymers for malignancies treatment 18. Polymer-protein and polymer-drug conjugates in cancer therapy 19. Magnetic calcium phosphates for imaging and treating of cancers 20. Hydroxyapatite nanoparticles as anti-cancer agents 21. Bioactive magnetic glass-ceramics for cancer treatment 22. Mesoporous glasses in cancer therapy ?23. Carbon biomaterials for cancer therapy: opportunities and challenges 24. Metals and metal compounds for cancer photothermal therapy 25. Smart nanoparticles for the treatment of drug-resistant tumors 26. Managing malignancies by magnetic electrospun nanofibers 27. Multiparametric preclinical assessment of theranostics materials 28. Health risk assessment of anti-cancer biomaterials 29. Future perspectives and challenges for biomaterials