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ArticleCancers2019

Tumor Drug Distribution after Local Drug Delivery by Hyperthermia, In Vivo.

Helena C Besse, Angelique D Barten-van Rijbroek, Kim M G van der Wurff-Jacobs, Clemens Bos, Chrit T W Moonen, Roel Deckers

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Article in Cancers, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Liposomes: Biomedical Applications.Chonnam medical journal · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Helena C BesseCenter of Imaging Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands. H.C.Besse@umcutrecht.nl.ORCID 0000-0002-1988-805X
Angelique D Barten-van RijbroekCenter of Imaging Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands. angelique.barten@hu.nl.
Kim M G van der Wurff-JacobsCenter of Imaging Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Clemens BosCenter of Imaging Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands. c.bos@umcutrecht.nl.
Chrit T W MoonenCenter of Imaging Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Roel DeckersCenter of Imaging Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands. R.Deckers-2@umcutrecht.nl.ORCID 0000-0001-5281-2949
Heidelberg University · DEUtrecht University · NL

Funding

European Research Council 268906
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor drug distribution and concentration are important factors for effective tumor treatment. A promising method to enhance the distribution and the concentration of the drug in the tumor is to encapsulate the drug in a temperature sensitive liposome. The aim of this study was to investigate the tumor drug distribution after treatment with various injected doses of different liposomal formulations of doxorubicin, ThermoDox (temperature sensitive liposomes) and DOXIL (non-temperature sensitive liposomes), and free doxorubicin at macroscopic and microscopic levels. Only ThermoDox treatment was combined with hyperthermia. Experiments were performed in mice bearing a human fibrosarcoma. At low and intermediate doses, the largest growth delay was obtained with ThermoDox, and at the largest dose, the largest growth delay was obtained with DOXIL. On histology, tumor areas with increased doxorubicin concentration correlated with decreased cell proliferation, and substantial variations in doxorubicin heterogeneity were observed. ThermoDox treatment resulted in higher tissue drug levels than DOXIL and free doxorubicin for the same dose. A relation with the distance to the vasculature was shown, but vessel perfusion was not always sufficient to determine doxorubicin delivery. Our results indicate that tumor drug distribution is an important factor for effective tumor treatment and that its dependence on delivery formulation merits further systemic investigation.

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chemotherapyhyperthermianon-temperature sensitive liposomesspatial drug distributiontemperature sensitive liposomestumor drug distribution

Identifiers

PMID31600958
PMCPMC6826934
OpenAlexW2979850192

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