Application of Nanoparticles in Brain Tumor Treatment

Download or read book Application of Nanoparticles in Brain Tumor Treatment written by Gerardo Caruso and published by Momentum Press. This book was released on 2012-08-10 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite progress in surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, an effective treatment of gliomas does not yet exist. This new monograph in the ASME-Momentum Press series on Biomedical & Nanomedical Technologies book shows how nanotechnology could be used both to improve the treatment efficacy and to reduce the adverse side effects. It will explain how nanotechnology-based approaches to targeted delivery of drugs across the brain-blood barrier may potentially be engineered to carry out specific functions as needed.