Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nanomaterials as therapeutic/imaging agent delivery vehicles for tumor targeting theranostics / Mingqian Tan, Yanfang Wang, Xiaojie Song, and Yaqi Wu -- Basics of theranostics in tumor / Huichao Zou, Yaohua Liu, and Shiguang Zhao -- Magnetic nanomaterials for tumor targeting theranostics / Leyong Zeng, Zheyu Shen, and Aiguo Wu -- Quantum dots (QDs) for tumor targeting theranostics / Yufei Ma, He Shen, Mengxin Zhang, and Zhijun Zhang -- Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) for cancer theranostics / Yu Hsia, Maharajan Sivasubramanian, Nai-Tzu Chen, and Leu-Wei Lo -- Surface enhanced raman scattering (SERS) nanoprobes as cancer theranostics / Meikun Fan -- Polymeric nanosystems for targeted theranostics / Yongyong Li, Huiyun Wen, Haiqing Dong, Aijun Shen, Tianbin Ren, and Donglu Shi -- Carbon nanomaterials for tumor targeting theranostics / João M. M. Leitão, Eliana F.C. Simões, and Joaquim C.G. Esteves da Silva -- Lipopolyplex nanoparticles for tumor targeting theranostics / Fengying Dai and Xin Zhang -- Microbubbles for tumor targeting theranostics / Daming Yong, Xuejing Wang, Lei Wang, and Xiaojun Han -- Upconversion nanomaterials for tumor targeting theranostics / Wei Wang -- Functional dendrimers as nanoscale theranostic vehicles for cancer treament / Kui Luo and Zhongwei Gu -- Protein-based nanoparticles for tumor targeting theranostics / Yang Liu, Hao Wu, and Huihui Wang -- Conclusions and future perspectives / Shanmin Gao and Narayan S. Hosmane.

"Nanomaterials offer great potential for effective tumor diagnosis and therapy combing diagnostic agents and therapeutic drugs into one platform. In this book, the most recent progress of main nanomaterials and their applications in tumor targeting theranostics is presented. It summarizes the recent advances of current principal nanomaterials in tumor theranostics, including magnetic nanomaterials, quantum dots, mesoporous silica nanoparticles, gold nanomaterials, polymeric nanosystem, carbon nanomaterials, lipopolyplex nanoparticles, microbubbles, upconversion nanomaterials and dendrimers. It will enable readers to get a more realistic understanding of both the advantages and limitations of nanomaterials for potential tumor targeting theranosis. The publication of this book will accelerate the spread of ideas that are currently trickling through the scientific literature. Also a greater understanding of the potential and challenge of nanomaterials for tumor targeting theranostics is highly anticipated for practical clinical use."