Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in human beings. Though several synthetic medicines are used to treat cancer, they are largely inefficient and unsafe. In contrast, plants, which have been used for medicinal purposes since time immemorial, have proved to be useful in fighting cancer, with natural compounds from plants and their derivatives offering safe and effective treatment and management for several types of cancer.

Chapter 1. Cancer therapies: Current scenario, management and safety aspects.- Chapter 2. Nano-natural products as anticancer agents.- Chapter 3. Natural anticancer compounds and their derivatives in clinical trials.- Chapter 4. Insight approaches of medicinal plants for the discovery of anticancer drugs.- Chapter 5. Designing of natural cancerous drugs and their delivery system.- Chapter 6. Applications of nano based novel drug delivery systems in herbal medicine mediated cancer therapy.- Chapter 7. Toxicological and pharmacological use of anticancer compounds.- Chapter 8. Recent advancements in the clinical evaluation of plant derived anticancer compounds.- Chapter 9. Organosulfur compounds of garlic as potent chemotherapeutic agents against cancer.- Chapter 10. Relevance of traditional unani (Greco-Arab) System of medicine in cancer: An update.- Chapter 11. Signaling pathways of anticancer plants: Action and reaction.