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ReviewClinical and translational medicine2017

Cancer nanomedicine: a review of recent success in drug delivery.

Stephanie Tran, Peter-Joseph DeGiovanni, Brandon Piel, Prakash Rai

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In one paragraph

Review in Clinical and translational medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 296 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
296citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
35.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

296 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 912 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stephanie TranDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA.
Peter-Joseph DeGiovanniDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA.
Brandon PielDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 1 University ave, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA.
Prakash RaiDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 1 University ave, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA. prakash_rai@uml.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2337-6310
University of Massachusetts Lowell · US

Funding

Theranostic Nanomedicine for Breast Cancer Prevention and Image-Guided TherapyR00CA153948 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL · PI RAI, PRAKASH R · 2012 to 2014
$704k
Theranostic Nanomedicine for Breast Cancer Prevention and Image-Guided TherapyK99CA153948 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI RAI, PRAKASH R · 2010 to 2011
$245k
National Cancer Institute K99CA153948National Cancer Institute R00CA153948NCI NIH HHS K99 CA153948NCI NIH HHS R00 CA153948
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer continues to be one of the most difficult global healthcare problems. Although there is a large library of drugs that can be used in cancer treatment, the problem is selectively killing all the cancer cells while reducing collateral toxicity to healthy cells. There are several biological barriers to effective drug delivery in cancer such as renal, hepatic, or immune clearance. Nanoparticles loaded with drugs can be designed to overcome these biological barriers to improve efficacy while reducing morbidity. Nanomedicine has ushered in a new era for drug delivery by improving the therapeutic indices of the active pharmaceutical ingredients engineered within nanoparticles. First generation nanomedicines have received widespread clinical approval over the past two decades, from Doxil

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Clinical trialsCombination treatmentMM-398NanoparticlesOncologyTheranosticsTherapeutics

Identifiers

PMID29230567
PMCPMC5725398
OpenAlexW2771155547

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