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Nanodots for Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

  • 1st Edition - October 29, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Bhupendra G. Prajapati, Devesh U. Kapoor, Nemat Ali
  • Language: English

Nanodots for Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment presents a pioneering exploration of nano-scale drug delivery systems that promise to revolutionize cancer care. This book, with insigh… Read more

Description

Nanodots for Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment presents a pioneering exploration of nano-scale drug delivery systems that promise to revolutionize cancer care. This book, with insights from global scientific collaborations, delves into various nanodots employed in cancer diagnosis and treatment. The book provides a comprehensive overview of nanotechnology's role in cancer care, including the synthesis and characterization of nanodots and their importance in cancer imaging. It also covers various treatment options and offers practical suggestions for improving nanodots for cancer imaging and therapy, making it an invaluable resource for drug formulation experts, drug delivery specialists, oncologists, and translators.

Nanodots enhance precision and effectiveness in delivering therapeutic agents to target sites within the body, representing a significant advancement in medical science.

Key features

  • Provides a deep understanding of cancer pathophysiology to stay updated with current trends and challenges in cancer diagnosis and treatment
  • Offers groundbreaking insights into the potential of nanodots to revolutionize both diagnosis and treatment methodologies
  • Navigates through the complexities of biocompatibility and toxicological concerns related to nanodots, providing a thorough examination of safety issues

Readership

Students, researchers in oncology, professionals and industrialists in the field of nanooncology, physicians who are interested in the mechanisms and treatment of cancer

Table of contents

1. Introduction to Nanotechnology in Cancer Care

2. Fundamentals of Nanodots: Synthesis and Characterization

3. Nanodots for Cancer Imaging: Techniques and Applications

4. Targeted Drug Delivery Systems Using Nanodots

5. Role of Quantum Dots in cancer diagnosis and treatment

6. Role of Gold Nanodots in cancer diagnosis and treatment

7. Role of Graphene Nanodots cancer in diagnosis and treatment

8. Role of Polymeric Nanodots in cancer diagnosis and treatment

9. Role of Carbon-based Nanodots in cancer diagnosis and treatment

10. Nanodots for Overcoming Drug Resistance in Cancer

11. Biocompatibility and Safety Considerations of Nanodots

12. Challenges and Opportunities in Nanodots Research for Cancer

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 30, 2025
  • Language: English

About the editors

BP

Bhupendra G. Prajapati

Dr. Bhupendra Gopalbhai Prajapati is Professor (Research Cadre) at Parul Institute of Pharmacy, Parul University, Gujarat, India, and serves as Adjunct Professor in the Department of Industrial Pharmacy at Silpakorn University, Thailand. His academic, research, and industry expertise focuses on lipid‑based formulations, nano‑ and microparticulate drug delivery systems, and strategies to enhance drug bioavailability. Dr. Prajapati has received several academic and professional honors recognizing excellence in teaching and research. He has made substantial scholarly contributions through research and review publications, book chapters, and edited volumes in pharmaceutical sciences. Actively engaged in postgraduate and doctoral mentoring, he supports research training in advanced drug delivery and formulation science. Dr. Prajapati also serves in editorial and section‑editor roles for international scientific publications, contributing to the advancement and quality of pharmaceutical research dissemination.

Affiliations and expertise
Parul Institute of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Parul University, Waghodia, Vadodara, Gujarat, India

DK

Devesh U. Kapoor

Dr. Devesh U. Kapoor is Professor of Pharmaceutics at Dr. Dayaram Patel Pharmacy College, Bardoli, Gujarat, affiliated with Gujarat Technological University. His academic and research expertise centers on pharmaceutics, nanodrug delivery, and modified‑release drug delivery systems. Dr. Kapoor has made extensive scholarly contributions through research and review publications, book chapters, and edited volumes with international publishers. He is actively involved in postgraduate and doctoral research supervision in advanced drug delivery technologies. His editorial experience includes serving in senior editorial roles for international journals across pharmacology, pharmaceutics, and biomedical sciences, along with regular peer‑review activity for a wide range of scientific journals. Dr. Kapoor has also secured competitive research and academic development funding and is a frequent invited speaker at national scientific meetings, workshops, and academic programs.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Dr. Dayaram Patel Pharmacy College, Bardoli, Gujarat, India

NA

Nemat Ali

Currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at College of Pharmacy King Saud University, Riyadh Saudi Arabia. Before joining King Saud University worked as a Post-Doctoral Scholar in the School of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA.. Currently involved in teaching, research, and research is mainly focused on finding the molecular mechanisms involved in cancer chemoprevention and chemotherapy-induced vital organ toxicity and their prevention using natural and synthetic compounds using in-vivo and in-vitro models. He has published more than 130 research, review and book chapters in highly reputed international journals.

Affiliations and expertise
King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

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