245 00 |a Medical physics : |b models and technologies in cancer research / |c edited by Anna Bajek and Bartosz Tylkowski.

300 __ |a xv, 248 pages : |b illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; |c 24 cm.

505 00 |t Frontmatter -- |t Preface -- |t Contents -- |t List of contributing authors -- |t 1 Personalized and targeted therapies -- |t 2 Advancements in cancer chemotherapy -- |t 3 Principles of radiation therapy -- |t 4 Advanced cell culture techniques for cancer research -- |t 5 Natural substances in cancer--do they work? -- |t 6 The application of the natural killer cells, macrophages and dendritic cells in treating various types of cancer -- |t 7 Non-radioactive imaging strategies for in vivo immune cell tracking -- |t 8 Present trends in the encapsulation of anticancer drugs -- |t 9 3D tumor model - a platform for anticancer drug development -- |t Index

520 __ |a 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.