Title	Cancer Nanotechnology [electronic resource] : Methods and Protocols
Author	edited by Reema Zeineldin
Imprint	New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Humana Press, 2017
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6646-2
Descript	XIV, 414 p. 100 illus., 77 illus. in color. online resource

This detailed volume presents protocols for advancing the utility of nanotechnology in cancer research toward improving our understanding of cancer biology, prevention, diagnosis, and therapy. There are continuous new discoveries in the field of nanotechnology, thus creating new imaging systems or therapies, and this book focuses on how to employ certain discoveries for studying cancer by presenting principles along with techniques to allow for the transformation of any new discoveries in the field into cancer-studying tools with the hope of bringing in the involvement of biomedical scientists who can enhance the speed of discoveries toward cancer diagnosis and therapy. Written for the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Authoritative and motivating, Cancer Nanotechnology: Methods and Protocols serves as an ideal resource for biomedical scientists interested in the potential of this field as well as for physical scientists and engineers interested in employing nanotechnology in cancer diagnosis and therapy

Cancer Nanotechnology: Opportunities for Prevention, Diagnosis, and Therapy -- Improved Targeting of Cancers with Nanotherapeutics -- Multifunctional Liposomes -- Multifunctional Concentric FRET-Quantum Dot Probes for Tracking and Imaging of Proteolytic Activity -- Preparation and Characterization of Magnetic Nano-in-Microparticles for Pulmonary Delivery -- Multifunctionalization of Gold Nanoshells -- Fabrication of Photothermal Stable Gold Nanosphere/Mesoporous Silica Hybrid Nanoparticle Responsive to Near-Infrared Light -- Engineering Well-Characterized PEG-Coated Nanoparticles for Elucidating Biological Barriers to Drug Delivery -- Piloting Your Nanovehicle to Overcome Biological Barriers -- Detecting Sonolysis of Polyethylene Glycol Upon Functionalizing Carbon Nanotubes -- Methods for Generation and Detection of Non-Stationary Vapor Nanobubbles Around Plasmonic Nanoparticles -- Force Measurements for Cancer Cells -- Fractal Analysis of Cancer Cell Surface -- Quantitative Evaluation of the Enhanced Permeability and Retention (EPR) Effect -- Nanotechnology-Based Cancer Vaccines -- Designing Multicomponent Nanosystems for Rapid Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells -- Fluorescence and Bioluminescence Imaging of Orthotopic Brain Tumors in Mice -- An Ultrasensitive Biosensing Platform Employing Acetylcholinesterase and Gold Nanoparticles -- Gene Silencing Using Multifunctionalized Gold Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy -- Generation of Dose Response Curves and Improved IC50’s for PARP Inhibitor Nanoformulations -- Artificial Antigen-Presenting Cells for Immunotherapies -- Exploiting Uptake of Nanoparticles by Phagocytes for Cancer Treatment -- Pulmonary Delivery of Magnetically-Targeted Nano-in-Microparticles -- Neutron-Activatable Nanoparticles for Intraperitoneal Radiation Therapy -- Nanoparticle-Mediated X-Ray Radiation Enhancement for Cancer Therapy -- Radiosensitizing Silica Nanoparticles Encapsulating Docetaxel for Treatment of Prostate Cancer