Hao Wang, Mona Pathak, Trevor Takami, R Constance Wiener, Chan Shen, Usha Sambamoorthi
Ethnic Disparities in Patient-Centered Communication with Healthcare Providers: A Comparison of Non-Hispanic Asians and Non-Hispanic Whites
Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
considerable advances field cancer made however translated similar clinical progress results high prevalence increased cancerrelated mortality rate worldwide available treatments several challenges offtarget side effects nonspecific longterm potential biodisruption drug resistance overall inadequate response rates high probability recurrence limitations associated independent cancer diagnosis therapy minimized emerging interdisciplinary research field nanotheranostics include successful integration diagnosis therapy single agent using nanoparticles may offer powerful tool developing innovative strategies enable personalized medicine diagnosis treatment cancer nanoparticles proven powerful imaging tools potent agents cancer diagnosis treatment prevention nanotheranostic provides minimally invasive vivo visualization drug biodistribution accumulation target site realtime monitoring therapeutic outcome chapter intends cover several important aspects advances field nanoparticlesmediated cancer therapeutics including nanocarrier development druggene delivery intrinsically active nanoparticles tumor microenvironment nanotoxicity chapter represents overview challenges associated cancer treatment rational nanotechnology cancer therapeutics novel concepts multifunctional nanomaterials cancer therapy along classification clinical prospective different cancers special focus nanotechnology regulatory perspective drug development cancer therapeutics obstacles hindering development nanomaterialsmediated cancer therapy also discussed general objective chapter improve perceptive design development nanotechnology cancer therapeutics