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ReviewOncology reports2017

Cancer drug delivery in the nano era: An overview and perspectives (Review).

Zhen Li, Shirui Tan, Shuan Li, Qiang Shen, Kunhua Wang

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Review in Oncology reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 116 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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116citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

116 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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56 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

5 authors.

Zhen LiDepartment of Gastrointestinal and Hernia Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, P.R. China.
Shirui TanCollege of Agricultural Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, P.R. China.
Shuan LiDepartment of Gastrointestinal and Hernia Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, P.R. China.
Qiang ShenDepartment of Clinical Cancer Prevention, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Kunhua WangDepartment of Gastrointestinal and Hernia Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, P.R. China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanomaterials are increasingly used as drug carriers for cancer therapy. Nanomaterials also appeal to researchers in the areas of cancer diagnosis and biomarker discovery. Several antitumor nanodrugs are currently being tested in preclinical and clinical trials and show promise in therapeutic and other settings. We review the development of nanomaterial drug carriers, including liposomes, polymer nanoparticles, dendritic polymers, and nanomicelles, for the diagnosis and treatment of various cancers. The prospects of nanomaterials as drug carriers for future clinical applications are also discussed.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsDendrimersDrug Delivery SystemsHumansLiposomesNanoparticlesNanotechnologyNeoplasmsAntineoplastic AgentsDendrimersLiposomes

Identifiers

PMID28627697
PMCPMC5562049

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