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ReviewInternational journal of nanomedicine2012

Nanomedicine: towards development of patient-friendly drug-delivery systems for oncological applications.

Ramya Ranganathan, Shruthilaya Madanmohan, Akila Kesavan, Ganga Baskar, Yoganathan Ramia Krishnamoorthy, Roy Santosham, D Ponraju, Suresh Kumar Rayala, Ganesh Venkatraman

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Review in International journal of nanomedicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers.

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62citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

62 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Ramya RanganathanDepartment of Human Genetics, Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, India.
Shruthilaya Madanmohan
Akila Kesavan
Ganga Baskar
Yoganathan Ramia Krishnamoorthy
Roy Santosham
D Ponraju
Suresh Kumar Rayala
Ganesh Venkatraman

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The focus on nanotechnology in cancer treatment and diagnosis has intensified due to the serious side effects caused by anticancer agents as a result of their cytotoxic actions on normal cells. This nonspecific action of chemotherapy has awakened a need for formulations capable of definitive targeting with enhanced tumor-killing. Nanooncology, the application of nanobiotechnology to the management of cancer, is currently the most important area of nanomedicine. Currently several nanomaterial-based drug-delivery systems are in vogue and several others are in various stages of development. Tumor-targeted drug-delivery systems are envisioned as magic bullets for cancer therapy and several groups are working globally for development of robust systems.

Indexed as

AnimalsDrug Delivery SystemsHumansMedical OncologyNanomedicineNeoplasmscancerdrug-delivery systemsnanomedicinepatient-friendly

Identifiers

PMID22403487
PMCPMC3292417

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