Multifunctional Nanotechnology for the Selective Detection and Treatment of Cancer

Dear Colleagues,

While great advances have been made in cancer therapy, aetiology and effective treatment strategies face unmet clinical needs. The tumour microenvironment is increasingly recognized as playing key roles in cancer, and biomaterials provide a new approach to engineer microenvironments both in vitro and in vivo to investigate and manipulate cancers. The current development of biomaterial-based multifunctional nanotechnologies shows promising strategies in the selective diagnosis and treatment of cancers. These nanobiotechnologies include, but are not limit to, chemotherapy, photothermal therapy, photodynamics therapy, magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, PET, etc. The aim of this Special Issue is to present the current development of multifunctional nanotechnology for the selective detection and treatment of cancer. We invite manuscripts that focus on a wide range of multifunctional nanoparticulate systems, which may be composed by inorganic compounds, lipids, peptides, polymers, polysaccharides, or hybrids. Both research and timely review articles focusing on multifunctional nanotechnology-based cancer therapy are welcome. We very much look forward to your valuable contributions.

Prof. Dr. Jihong Sun
Dr. Guihong Chai
Guest Editors

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