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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2017

Guidelines for Rational Cancer Therapeutics.

Byunghee Yoo, Ann-Marie Billig, Zdravka Medarova

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Byunghee YooMGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Ann-Marie BilligBouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States.
Zdravka MedarovaMGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.

Funding

CaNCURE: Cancer Nanomedicine Co-ops For Undergraduate Research ExperiencesR25CA174650 · NCI · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI SRINIVAS SRIDHAR · 2014 to 2026
$3.4M
MicroRNA Therapy for Lymph Node Metastatic Breast CancerR01CA163461 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MEDAROVA, ZDRAVKA O · 2012 to 2016
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA163461NCI NIH HHS R25 CA174650
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traditionally, cancer therapy has relied on surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. In recent years, these interventions have become increasingly replaced or complemented by more targeted approaches that are informed by a deeper understanding of the underlying biology. Still, the implementation of fully rational patient-specific drug design appears to be years away. Here, we present a vision of rational drug design for cancer that is defined by two major components: modularity and image guidance. We suggest that modularity can be achieved by combining a nanocarrier and an oligonucleotide component into the therapeutic. Image guidance can be incorporated into the nanocarrier component by labeling with a specific imaging reporter, such as a radionuclide or contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging. While limited by the need for additional technological advancement in the areas of cancer biology, nanotechnology, and imaging, this vision for the future of cancer therapy can be used as a guide to future research endeavors.

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cancerimagingnanomedicinerationaltherapy

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PMID29312885
PMCPMC5732930

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