Biomarker Landscape in Cancer Research examines the impact of early detection, predication of aggressiveness, and the determination of the best treatment for cancers. With a strong focus on the status, challenges, and prospects of biomarker measurements' tools and technology, the book also examines clinical translation-related knowledge and the prognosis of different organ related cancers. In 21 chapters, it describes current and new diagnostic tools in twenty different cancers and explores how innovations in the cancer diagnostic space could make cancer screening and early detection more straightforward.
This book is a timely and valuable resource for health professionals, scientists and researchers, health practitioners, students, and all those who wish to broaden their knowledge in the allied field.
- Provides essential information on the most recent developments in the biomarker landscape of different cancer types
- Explains current technologies and their applications in the biomarker cancer research landscape
- Includes contributions from oncologists, biomedical engineers, pharmaceutical scientists, and manufacturers
Ranjita Shegokar holds a Ph.D. degree in Pharmaceutical Technology from the SNDT University, India, and has been a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Pharmaceutics, Biopharmaceutics and NutriCosmetics at the Free University of Berlin, Germany. Currently, she serves as Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) at Capnopharm GmbH, Germany. She has authored several research articles, book chapters, and presented her research in many national/international conferences. She has filed multiple patent applications in the area of drug delivery and targeting. Besides that, she has edited many trending books in the area of pharmaceutical nanotechnology and drug delivery aspects. For her research, she has received many prestigious national and international awards among them include recently received prestigious German Innovation Award 2022. Her areas of interest include polymeric nanoparticles, nanocrystals, lipid nanoparticles (SLNs/NLCs), nanoemulsions, cancer drug targeting and the role of excipients in delivery systems. (www.ranjitas.com)
Yashwant Pathak is a Professor at Taneja College of Pharmacy at the University of South Florida, FL, United States. His area of research is nanotechnology, drug delivery systems, and nutraceuticals. He is also an Ad junct Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia.