Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. List of contributing authors XIII
5. 1 Personalized and targeted therapies 1
6. 2 Advancements in cancer chemotherapy 27
7. 3 Principles of radiation therapy 51
8. 4 Advanced cell culture techniques for cancer research 81
9. 5 Natural substances in cancer—do they work? 103
10. 6 The application of the natural killer cells, macrophages and dendritic cells in treating various types of cancer 137
11. 7 Non-radioactive imaging strategies for in vivo immune cell tracking 173
12. 8 Present trends in the encapsulation of anticancer drugs 193
13. 9 3D tumor model – a platform for anticancer drug development 213
14. Index 241