Preface

The book "Advances in Cancer Therapy" is a new addition to the Intech collection of books and aims at providing scientists and clinicians with a comprehensive overview of the state of current knowledge and latest research findings in the area of cancer therapy. For this purpose research articles, clinical investigations and review papers that are thought to improve the readers' understanding of cancer therapy developments and/or to keep them up to date with the most recent advances in this field have been included in this book. With cancer being one of the most serious diseases of our times, I am confident that this book will meet the patientsʹ, physiciansʹ and researchersʹ needs.

The participating authors have been selected from diverse countries based solely on their expertise and the appropriateness of their work to the book's topics listed in the table of contents. The authors have all willingly accepted our invitation to submit their chapters for review of their quality. The proposed drafts, consisting of original drafts only, were revised by the book's editor before making the final decision of acceptance or refusal. At this point of the process, some chapters were directly accepted or rejected, while others were sent back for revision according to the editor's recommendations to be later accepted after ensuring that they fulfill all the criteria of selection.

The publication here presented is unique in its content that covers various subjects from alternative traditional medicine, specifically natural compounds' therapeutic potentials to nanotechnology advances and applications in cancer treatment. All information presented is organized, clear and based on solid scientific facts. This book is therefore destined to all cancer researchers or therapists and it also represents a valuable addition to any scientific library.

With this book compilation the readers will not only find an overview of the big picture of cancer targets and targeting methods that are currently known, but also be aware of exactly where we stand today in the curing of cancer and what needs to be done further. Hopefully, this will all be accomplished during a pleasant enjoyable reading of this simply written book accessible to all.

> **Dr. Hala Gali‐Muhtasib** Department of Biology, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

**Part 1** 

**New Modalities of Cancer Treatment** 
