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ReviewPolymers2020

Progress in Polymeric Nano-Medicines for Theranostic Cancer Treatment.

Imran Ali, Mosa Alsehli, Luciana Scotti, Marcus Tullius Scotti, Shang-Ting Tsai, Ruei-Siang Yu, Ming Fa Hsieh, Jung-Chih Chen

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Review in Polymers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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.

Imran AliDepartment of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Taibah University, Al-Medina Al-Munawara 41477, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-6511-8374
Mosa AlsehliDepartment of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Taibah University, Al-Medina Al-Munawara 41477, Saudi Arabia.
Luciana ScottiCheminformatics Laboratory-Postgraduate Program in Natural Products and Synthetic Bioactive, Federal University of Paraíba-Campus I, João Pessoa 58051-970, PB, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-1866-4107
Marcus Tullius ScottiCheminformatics Laboratory-Postgraduate Program in Natural Products and Synthetic Bioactive, Federal University of Paraíba-Campus I, João Pessoa 58051-970, PB, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-4863-8057
Shang-Ting TsaiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, 200 Chung Pei Road, Chung Li District, Taoyuan 32023, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-5705-602X
Ruei-Siang YuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, 200 Chung Pei Road, Chung Li District, Taoyuan 32023, Taiwan.
Ming Fa HsiehDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, 200 Chung Pei Road, Chung Li District, Taoyuan 32023, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-5254-1341
Jung-Chih ChenInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, 1001 University Rd., Hsinchu 300, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-3958-6806

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer is a life-threatening disease killing millions of people globally. Among various medical treatments, nano-medicines are gaining importance continuously. Many nanocarriers have been developed for treatment, but polymerically-based ones are acquiring importance due to their targeting capabilities, biodegradability, biocompatibility, capacity for drug loading and long blood circulation time. The present article describes progress in polymeric nano-medicines for theranostic cancer treatment, which includes cancer diagnosis and treatment in a single dosage form. The article covers the applications of natural and synthetic polymers in cancer diagnosis and treatment. Efforts were also made to discuss the merits and demerits of such polymers; the status of approved nano-medicines; and future perspectives.

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approved nano-medicinesfuture perspectivesmerits and demeritspolymeric nanoparticlestheranostic cancer treatment

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PMID32155695
PMCPMC7182942

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