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ReviewBioMed research international2013

Nanocarriers for diagnosis and targeting of breast cancer.

Arun Sharma, Nitin Jain, Rashmi Sareen

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In one paragraph

Review in BioMed research international, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 103 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Co-delivery of SN38 and rapamycin albumin bound nanoparticles against breast Cancer.Daru : journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences · 2025
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  18. Drug Delivery Systems of Natural Products in Oncology.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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  20. Recent advances in nanotheranostics for triple negative breast cancer treatment.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2019
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Arun SharmaDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shoolini University, Bajhol, Solan, Himachal Pradesh 173229, India.
Nitin Jain
Rashmi Sareen
Shoolini University · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancer nanotherapeutics is consistently progressing and being used to remove the various limitations of conventional method available for the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. Nanoparticles provide an interdisciplinary area for research in imaging, diagnosis, and targeting of breast cancer. With advanced physicochemical properties and better bioavailability, they show prolonged blood circulation with efficient tumor targeting. Passive targeting mechanisms by using leaky vasculature, tumor microenvironment, or direct local application and active targeting approaches using receptor antibody, amplification in the ability of nanoparticles to target specific tumor can be achieved. Nanoparticles are able to reduce cytotoxic effect of the active anticancer drugs by increasing cancer cell targeting in comparison to conventional formulations. Various nanoparticles-based formulations are in the preclinical and clinical stages of development; among them, polymeric drug micelles, liposomes, dendrimer, carbon nanotubes, and nanorods are the most common. In this review, we have discussed the role of nanoparticles with respect to oncology, by particularly focusing on the breast cancer and various nanodelivery systems used for targeting action.

Indexed as

Drug CarriersDrug Delivery SystemsNanoparticlesAntineoplastic AgentsBreast NeoplasmsFemaleHumansAntineoplastic AgentsDrug Carriers

Identifiers

PMID23865076
PMCPMC3705878
OpenAlexW1975269134

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