Nanomaterials for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy II
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2022) | Viewed by 2596
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nanotechnology; 2D nanoparticles; theranostics; cancer therapy; biocompatibility; detection
Interests: theranostics; cancer therapy; biocompatibility; drug delivery; toxicology; screening; targeting moieties
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nanotechnology has become a powerful weapon in the fight against cancer. With the development of precisely engineered nanoparticles able to overcome biological barriers, they specifically recognize and destroy a single type of cancer cell, and accumulate preferentially in tumors, offering a new and potent arsenal to oncologists. Inorganic and organic (or polymeric) nanoparticles have been widely explored for therapeutic and diagnostic applications in cancer treatment. Normally, single nanoparticles are often used and functionalized with organic or polymeric ligands to improve their stability, biocompatibility, and functionality. While individual nanoparticles are no doubt exciting, an ensemble of interacting nanoparticles can exhibit a rich variety of novel and extremely useful collective properties that can be radically different from their individual characteristics. These new synergistic properties originate from coupling interactions in the ensemble of nanoparticles. It is, therefore, expected that the ability to design hybrid structures with tailored spatial arrangements of nanoparticles may facilitate the utilization of nanoparticles in biomedical applications. Recent advances in nanomedicine have raised exciting possibilities for future nanoparticle applications in personalized cancer therapy, and new strategies for building hybrid nanostructures are offering interesting platforms, such as effective multimodality cancer imaging (i.e., photothermal, photoacoustic, and magnetic resonance imaging) and combinational cancer therapy (i.e., the photothermal ablation of tumors, photodynamic therapy, and targeted delivery-based chemotherapy).
In this Special Issue, we invite investigators to contribute original research and review articles related to the application of hybrid nanoparticles as multifunctional platforms in the treatment and early diagnosis of cancer, with particular interest in research directed toward improving the effectivity and selectivity properties of different nanoparticles for treatment or bioimaging purposes. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Theranostic nanoparticles for cancer treatment;
- Nanoparticles as contrast agents for bioimaging;
- Nanoparticles as biosensors;
- Novel therapies based on nanomaterials for cancer treatment and diagnosis;
- Clinical studies and therapeutic and diagnostic efficacy of anticancer nanoparticles;
- Biocompatibility and toxicity studies of nanoparticles for cancer treatment.
Prof. Dr. Tapas K. Mandal
Prof. Dr. Partha Roy
Dr. Nargish Parvin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanotechnology
- hybrid nanoparticles
- theranostics
- cancer therapy
- biocompatibility
- imaging
- drug delivery
