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ReviewBiomedical microdevices2019

Mathematical modeling in cancer nanomedicine: a review.

Prashant Dogra, Joseph D Butner, Yao-Li Chuang, Sergio Caserta, Shreya Goel, C Jeffrey Brinker, Vittorio Cristini, Zhihui Wang

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Review in Biomedical microdevices, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers.

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64citing papers in PubMed
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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

64 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

8 authors.

Prashant DograMathematics in Medicine Program, The Houston Methodist Research Institute, HMRI R8-122, 6670 Bertner Ave, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Joseph D ButnerMathematics in Medicine Program, The Houston Methodist Research Institute, HMRI R8-122, 6670 Bertner Ave, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Yao-Li ChuangDepartment of Mathematics, California State University, Northridge, CA, 91330, USA.
Sergio CasertaDepartment of Chemical Materials and Industrial Production Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, 80125, Naples, Italy.
Shreya GoelDepartment of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
C Jeffrey BrinkerCenter for Micro-Engineered Materials, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA.
Vittorio CristiniMathematics in Medicine Program, The Houston Methodist Research Institute, HMRI R8-122, 6670 Bertner Ave, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Zhihui WangMathematics in Medicine Program, The Houston Methodist Research Institute, HMRI R8-122, 6670 Bertner Ave, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. zwang@houstonmethodist.org.

Funding

Transport Oncophysics CoreU54CA210181 · NCI · METHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI SHEN, HAIFA · 2016 to 2020
$9.3M
Imaging and Molecular Correlates of Progression in Cystic Neoplasms of the PancreasU01CA196403 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI MAITRA, ANIRBAN · 2015 to 2020
$5.8M
A Targeted Nanomedicine Prototype Against Enzalutamide-resistant Prostate CancerR01CA226537 · NCI · RBHS -CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY · PI ARAP, WADIH, BRINKER, C JEFFREY · 2018 to 2022
$3.2M
miR-155 targeted therapeutics for precision medicine in lung cancerR01CA222007 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI CALIN, GEORGE A., CRISTINI, VITTORIO · 2018 to 2022
$2.6M
Targeted therapeutics for ovarian cancer and its microenvironment - treatment and theoretical modelingU01CA213759 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI LOPEZ-BERESTEIN, GABRIEL · 2017 to 2021
$2.5M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA222007NCI NIH HHS R01 CA226537NCI NIH HHS U01 CA196403NCI NIH HHS U01 CA213759NCI NIH HHS U54 CA210181
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer continues to be among the leading healthcare problems worldwide, and efforts continue not just to find better drugs, but also better drug delivery methods. The need for delivering cytotoxic agents selectively to cancerous cells, for improved safety and efficacy, has triggered the application of nanotechnology in medicine. This effort has provided drug delivery systems that can potentially revolutionize cancer treatment. Nanocarriers, due to their capacity for targeted drug delivery, can shift the balance of cytotoxicity from healthy to cancerous cells. The field of cancer nanomedicine has made significant progress, but challenges remain that impede its clinical translation. Several biophysical barriers to the transport of nanocarriers to the tumor exist, and a much deeper understanding of nano-bio interactions is necessary to change the status quo. Mathematical modeling has been instrumental in improving our understanding of the physicochemical and physiological underpinnings of nanomaterial behavior in biological systems. Here, we present a comprehensive review of literature on mathematical modeling works that have been and are being employed towards a better understanding of nano-bio interactions for improved tumor delivery efficacy.

Indexed as

Models, BiologicalNanomedicineNeoplasmsAnimalsBiological TransportHumansNanoparticlesTissue DistributionAgent-based modelingCancer treatmentDrug transportMechanistic modelingMultiscalePharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics

Identifiers

PMID30949850
PMCPMC6449316

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