Nanoparticles and Brain Tumor Treatment

Gerardo Caruso
Maria Caffo
Giuseppe Raudino

In Stock Date: 
09/18/2012
Print Price: 
$89.95
Print ISBN: 
9781606504222
E-book Price: 
$81.00
E-book ISBN: 
9781606504086
Pages: 
80
Binding Type: 
Hardcover

Despite progress in surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, an effective treatment of gliomas does not yet exist. This new monograph in the ASME-Momentum Press series on Biomedical & Nanomedical Technologies book shows how nanotechnology could be used both to improve the treatment efficacy and to reduce the adverse side effects. It will explain how nanotechnology-based approaches to targeted delivery of drugs across the brain-blood barrier may potentially be engineered to carry out specific functions as needed.

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Gerardo Caruso

Gerardo Caruso, MD (University of Messina, School Medicine, 1990) is currently an Assistant Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgical Clinic, University of Messina, Italy. He has been a Member of the Italian Society of Neurosurgery since 1996 and a Member of the American Nanosociety since 2011. Dr. Caruso previously served as an officer in the Italian Navy and has also served as a reviewer for a number of international technical journals.

Maria Caffo

Maria Caffo, MD (University of Messina, School Medicine, 1994) is currently an Assistant Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgical Clinic, University of Messina, Italy. She has been a Member of the Italian Society of Neurosurgery since 2000, a Member of the Italian Association of Neuro-oncology since 2000, and a Member of the European Association of Neuro-oncology since 2002. Dr. Caffo has PhD in Neurooncology. Dr. Caffo is also Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Neurosurgical Clinic, University of Messina, Italy, and a reviewer for several technical journals.

Giuseppe Raudino

Giuseppe Raudino, MD (University of Catania, School of Medicine, 2005) is currently a Neurosurgeon at “Villa Salus”, Clinic, Department of Neurosurgery, Augusta (SR), Italy. He is also a level II Post-Residency Master in Molecular Diagnosis and Translational Medicine, completing final work regarding angiogenesis and functional genomics of high-grade gliomas.

Francesco Tomasello

Francesco Tomasello, MD (University of Messina, School Medicine, 1970) was most recently Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Messina, Italy, until 2004. Previously he was Director, Residency in Neurosurgery Program, Neurosurgical Clinic, University of Messina Medical School. In 2004, Professor Tomasello was President of the Italian Society of Neurosurgery. From 1995–1999, he was Vice-President of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS).

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