Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; About the Authors; About the Book; 1 Introduction; Abstract ; 1.1 Cancer; 1.2 Lung Cancer: Few Facts and Measures; 1.3 Limitations of Conventional Treatments for Lung Cancer; 1.3.1 Surgery; 1.3.2 Chemotherapy; 1.3.3 Radiation Therapy; 1.3.4 Photodynamic Therapy; 1.3.5 Treatment of Recurrence; 1.3.6 Experimental Therapies; 1.4 Nanotechnology-A New Promising Therapeutic Tool; References; 2 Natural and Semisynthetic Nanoparticles in Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy; Abstract ; 2.1 Virus (Capsid) Nanoparticles

2.2 Liposomes and Solid Lipid Nanoparticles2.3 Chitosan Nanoparticles; 2.4 Polyherbal Nanoparticles; 2.5 Other Natural Nanoparticles; References; 3 Synthetic (Organic) Nanoparticles Induced Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy; Abstract ; 3.1 Polymer Nanoparticles (Synthetic); 3.1.1 Spherical Polymer Micelles; 3.1.2 Worm Like Polymer Micelles; 3.1.3 Polymersomes; 3.2 Dendrimer; 3.3 Carbon Nanoparticles; References; 4 Synthetic (Inorganic) Nanoparticles Based Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy; Abstract ; 4.1 Gold Nanoparticles; 4.2 Magnetic Nanoparticles; 4.3 Quantum Dots

4.4 Silica Nanoparticles4.5 Lanthanide Nanoparticles; References; 5 Conclusion; 5.1 Future Prospects of Nanoparticles for Lung Cancer Therapy; Reference