Main description:

Covers research on lipid nanosystems for use in cancer therapy and diagnostics, including aspects from physiological barriers in cancer, strategies to overcome these barriers, classical therapeutic strategies, new therapeutic options, and hyphenated approaches for synergic treatments
Includes contributions from experts in different topics such as cancer pathology and treatments, triggering strategies, targeting ligands, gene therapy
Contains excellent figures illustrating research highlights taken from the latest and most interesting developments in the field of functional lipid nanosystems for cancer therapy

Contents:

Part 1: General Aspects of Cancer Pathology and Treament Options 1. Physiological Barriers in Cancer: A Challenge to Be Overcome 2. Cancer Chemotherapy, Bioactive Compounds, and Immunotherapy Part 2: General Aspects of Functional Lipid Nanotherapy 3. General Aspects of a Multifunctional Nanosystem Part 3: Multifunctional Lipid Nanosystems for Cancer: Research Highlights 4. Co-delivery of Anticancer Therapeutics via Lipid-Based Nanoscale Delivery Systems 5. Lipid-Based Nanocarriers for Co-delivery of Anticancer Drugs and Natural Compounds 6. Co-delivery of Anticancer Drug and Adjuvant Agents 7. Hybrid Nanosystems Composed by Lipid and Polymer Materials 8. Lipid Nanosystems: Targeted Nano-delivery of Therapeutic Agents in Treatment of Cancer 9. Monoclonal Antibody Ligands for Liposomes Functionalization: Immunoliposomes Formulation and Clinical Status 10. Active Targeting for Tumor Microenvironment: Integrin Binding Peptides 11. Targeting Liposomes to Metastatic Tumors with Antibodies Specific for VCAM-1 12. Active Targeting: Mitochondria-Targeting Signal Peptides 13. Recent Developments of Light: Triggered Liposome Nanosystems for Cancer Treatments 14. Ultrasound-Responsive Nanosystems 15. Lipid-Based Nanosystems for Gene and Drug Co-delivery in Cancer Therapy 16. The Therapeutical Window of Light: Modulating Receptor Proteins and Metabolic Pathways with Light and Its Importance for Disease Control 17. Magnetic Lipid-Based Nanosystems for Combined Therapy of Cancer