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ArticleCancers2018

Innovative Technologies Changing Cancer Treatment.

Sara Charmsaz, Maria Prencipe, Maeve Kiely, Graham P Pidgeon, Denis M Collins

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Article in Cancers, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 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

5 authors.

Sara CharmsazRCSI Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 31A York Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. saracharmsaz@rcsi.ie.ORCID 0000-0002-6003-702X
Maria PrencipeSchool of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. maria.prencipe@ucd.ie.
Maeve KielyGraduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland. maeve.kiely@ul.ie.
Graham P PidgeonTrinity Translational Medicine Institute (TTMI), St. James's Hospital and Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland. PIDGEONG@tcd.ie.
Denis M CollinsCancer Biotherapeutics, National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland. denis.collins@dcu.ie.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conventional therapies for cancer such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy remain a mainstay in treatment, but in many cases a targeted approach is lacking, and patients can be vulnerable to drug resistance. In recent years, novel concepts have been emerging to improve the traditional therapeutic options in cancers with poor survival outcomes. New therapeutic strategies involving areas like energy metabolism and extracellular vesicles along with advances in immunotherapy and nanotechnology are driving the next generation of cancer treatments. The development of fields such as theranostics in nanomedicine is also opening new doors for targeted drug delivery and nano-imaging. Here we discuss the use of innovative technologies presented at the Irish Association for Cancer Research (IACR) Annual Meeting, highlighting examples of where new approaches may lead to promising new treatment options for a range of cancer types.

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cancer therapeuticscellular stresscomputational imagingemerging technologiesexosomesnanomedicineradiosensitizing

Identifiers

PMID29921753
PMCPMC6025540

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