The Microbiome and Cancer Treatment
Overcoming Resistance and Enhancing Efficacy
- 1st Edition - September 8, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Sadhna Aggarwal, Garima Malik, Arun Kumar Singh, Meenakshi Dhanawat
- Language: English
The Microbiome and Cancer Treatment: Overcoming Resistance and Enhancing Efficacy delves into the intricate relationship between the microbiome and cancer treatment, highli… Read more
Description
Description
Sections also address the complex "chicken-or-egg" relationship between microbiome alterations and chemoresistance. A diverse blend of chapters foster interdisciplinary collaboration across fields such as immunology, microbiology, oncology, and pharmacology, promoting holistic approaches to cancer treatment. Readers will benefit by gaining awareness and a better understanding of how the microbiome impacts health, particularly in the context of cancer, leading to more informed health choices.
Key features
Key features
- Fosters a comprehensive understanding of the microbiome's role in cancer treatment, encouraging collaboration among researchers and healthcare professionals to develop holistic and innovative therapeutic strategies
- Provides practical insights into microbiome-based strategies to overcome chemoresistance, such as the use of probiotics and prebiotics in cancer therapy
- Explores how modulating the gut microbiome can enhance the efficacy of immunotherapies, offering actionable knowledge for the development of personalized and more effective cancer treatments
Readership
Readership
Table of contents
Table of contents
2. The Microbiome: Its Impact on Cancer Development and Therapeutic Responses
3. Microbiome Dynamics in Cancer Treatment: Impact of Chemotherapy on the Microbiome
4. Microbiome as a Modulator of Immunotherapy: Synergistic Effects of the Microbiome in Immunotherapy
5. Microbiome-Based Strategies to Overcome Chemoresistance: Probiotics and Prebiotics in Cancer Therapy
6. Modulating gut microbiome in cancer immunotherapy: Harnessing microbes to enhance treatment efficacy
7. The Impact of the Microbiome on Resistance to Cancer Treatment with Chemotherapeutic Agents and Immunotherapy
8. Cancer pharmacomicrobiomics: targeting microbiota to optimize cancer therapy outcomes
9. Gut microbiome in modulating immune checkpoint inhibitors
10. Microbiome-based diagnostics and biomarkers: The search for mechanistic connections
11. Modulatory effects of gut microbiome in cancer immunotherapy: A novel paradigm for blockade of immune checkpoint inhibitors
12. Current challenges and Future Prospects for Microbiome Research in Cancer Treatment
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: September 11, 2026
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Sadhna Aggarwal
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Garima Malik
Garima Malik is Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics at M.M. College of Pharmacy, Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana, Ambala, India. Her research focuses on nanotechnology, hydrogels, and biomaterials, and their application in drug delivery. She has contributed research articles, book chapters, and a patent, and previously worked in quality control in the pharmaceutical industry.
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Arun Kumar Singh
Arun Kumar Singh is Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy at the University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rayat Bahra University, Sahauran, India. His research interests include nano-formulation, cancer biology, and neuroscience, alongside digital and computational approaches such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, big data analytics, blockchain, and the Internet of Things. He has contributed academic books, book chapters, and review articles in pharmaceutical sciences and healthcare technology, with a focus on interdisciplinary approaches that integrate pharmaceutical research with emerging digital technologies.
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Meenakshi Dhanawat
Meenakshi Dhanawat is Associate Professor at the Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity University Haryana, India. Her research spans medicinal chemistry, synthetic and heterocyclic chemistry, nanotechnology, drug delivery systems, prodrug design, complexation, polymer chemistry, and herbal drug extraction, with a particular focus on central nervous system drug delivery. She is a recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship.