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ReviewPolymers2018

Contemporary Polymer-Based Nanoparticle Systems for Photothermal Therapy.

Jeremy B Vines, Dong-Jin Lim, Hansoo Park

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Review in Polymers, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing 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

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. Recent Advances in Nanoscale Metal-Organic Frameworks Towards Cancer Cell Cytotoxicity: An Overview.Journal of inorganic and organometallic polymers and materials · 2021
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  15. Past, Present, and Future of Anticancer Nanomedicine.International journal of nanomedicine · 2020
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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

3 authors.

Jeremy B VinesOrganogenesis, Surgical and Sports Medicine, Birmingham, AL 35216, USA. jbvines@gmail.com.
Dong-Jin LimOtolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. daniel.djlim@gmail.com.
Hansoo ParkSchool of Integrative Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea. heyshoo@cau.ac.kr.

Funding

Korea Health Industry Development Institute HI16C0322
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current approaches for the treatment of cancer, such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy, and surgery, are limited by various factors, such as inadvertent necrosis of healthy cells, immunological destruction, or secondary cancer development. Hyperthermic therapy is a promising strategy intended to mitigate many of the shortcomings associated with traditional therapeutic approaches. However, to utilize this approach effectively, it must be targeted to specific tumor sites to prevent adverse side effects. In this regard, photothermal therapy, using intravenously-administered nanoparticle materials capable of eliciting hyperthermic effects in combination with the precise application of light in the near-infrared spectrum, has shown promise. Many different materials have been proposed, including various inorganic materials such as Au, Ag, and Germanium, and C-based materials. Unfortunately, these materials are limited by concerns about accumulation and potential cytotoxicity. Polymer-based nanoparticle systems have been investigated to overcome limitations associated with traditional inorganic nanoparticle systems. Some of the materials that have been investigated for this purpose include polypyrrole, poly-(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(4-styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS), polydopamine, and polyaniline. The purpose of this review is to summarize these contemporary polymer-based nanoparticle technologies to acquire an understanding of their current applications and explore the potential for future improvements.

Indexed as

photothermal therapypolyanilinepolydopaminepolymeric nanoparticlepolypyrrole

Identifiers

PMID30961282
PMCPMC6401975

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