Nanocarriers for Cancer Diagnosis and Targeted , Shah, Imran, Ullah,#

Nanocarriers for Cancer Diagnosis and Targeted ChemotherapyAuthor(s): Muhammad Raza Shah, Muhammad Imran, Shafi Ullah\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc, United States\nImprint: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc\nISBN-13: 9780128167731, 978-0128167731\nSynopsis\nNanocarriers for Cancer Diagnosis and Targeted Chemotherapy reviews the principles and applications of nanocarriers for targeted drug delivery. Drug targeting involves active and passive strategies that exploit both the use of ligands for interactions and the physical and chemical properties of nanocarriers and micro-environments at target sites. Multidrug resistance and adverse side effects associated with anticancer drugs have attracted greater scientific attention and led formulation scientists to specifically target these drugs to target sites. Nanocarriers like liposomes, niosomes, gold nanorods, carbon nanotubes, and micelles are discussed for the delivery of drugs to specific disease sit.