Cancer: Causation, Prevention and Treatment
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Nanotechnology and Pediatric Cancer: Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment
Despite development of new approaches for the treatment of cancer disease, it is the second cause of mortality in world. Annually, 30000 persons die in Iran due to cancer diseases. Eighty percent of cancer patients are children which about 50% children lead to death. Given the high rate of cancer-related death, the new approaches for prevention, control, early diagnosis, and treatment of this d...
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