Medical Physics: Models and Technologies in Cancer Research (de Gruyter Stem)

Modern cancer research is a high-tech undertaking, overlapping with many fields in the physical sciences. These include nanotechnology, engineering, immunology, and bioinformatics. This book focuses on the science and technology underlying the diagnosis and treatement of cancer. The authors offer insights into technologies including radiotherapy, modelling, and drug encapsulation. * Gives a scientific rather than a medical perspective of cancer. * Written by experts from a diverse range of fields. Preface Contents List of contributing authors 1 Personalized and targeted therapies 2 Advancements in cancer chemotherapy 3 Principles of radiation therapy 4 Advanced cell culture techniques for cancer research 5 Natural substances in cancer—do they work? 6 The application of the natural killer cells, macrophages and dendritic cells in treating various types of cancer 7 Non-radioactive imaging strategies for in vivo immune cell tracking 8 Present trends in the encapsulation of anticancer drugs 9 3D tumor model – a platform for anticancer drug development Index