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ReviewPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Atomic Nanogenerators in Targeted Alpha Therapies: Curie's Legacy in Modern Cancer Management.

Mareike Roscher, Gábor Bakos, Martina Benešová

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In one paragraph

Review in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
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  4. Evaluation of Daughter Radionuclide Release from thePharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  5. Compton Imaging of Ac-225 In Pre-clinical Phantoms With a 3D-positioning CZT Camera.IEEE transactions on radiation and plasma medical sciences · 2026
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  7. It's a match: use of the radionuclide theranostic pairEJNMMI radiopharmacy and chemistry · 2025
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  9. Lead-it-EAZY! GMP-compliant production of [EJNMMI radiopharmacy and chemistry · 2024
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  12. Advances in Radioligand Theranostics in Oncology.Molecular diagnosis & therapy · 2024
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  14. Compton and proximity imaging ofIEEE transactions on radiation and plasma medical sciences · 2022
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  15. [Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  19. Ac-EAZY! Towards GMP-Compliant Module Syntheses ofPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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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 at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mareike RoscherGerman Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Division of Radiooncology/Radiobiology, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Gábor BakosGerman Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Research Group Molecular Biology of Systemic Radiotherapy, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Martina BenešováGerman Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Research Group Molecular Biology of Systemic Radiotherapy, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
German Cancer Research Center · DEHeidelberg University · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atomic in vivo nanogenerators such as actinium-225, thorium-227, and radium-223 are of increasing interest and importance in the treatment of patients with metastatic cancer diseases. This is due to their peculiar physical, chemical, and biological characteristics, leading to astonishing responses in otherwise resistant patients. Nevertheless, there are still a few obstacles and hurdles to be overcome that hamper the broader utilization in the clinical setting. Next to the limited supply and relatively high costs, the in vivo complex stability and the fate of the recoiling daughter radionuclides are substantial problems that need to be solved. In radiobiology, the mechanisms underlying treatment efficiency, possible resistance mechanisms, and late side effect occurrence are still far from being understood and need to be unraveled. In this review, the current knowledge on the scientific and clinical background of targeted alpha therapies is summarized. Furthermore, open issues and novel approaches with a focus on the future perspective are discussed. Once these are unraveled, targeted alpha therapies with atomic in vivo nanogenerators can be tailored to suit the needs of each patient when applying careful risk stratification and combination therapies. They have the potential to become one of the major treatment pillars in modern cancer management.

Indexed as

actinium-225 (225Ac)atomic in vivo nanogeneratorscoordination chemistrynuclear recoil effectradiopharmaceuticalsradium-223 (223Ra)targeted alpha therapies (TAT)thorium-227 (227Th)α-emitters

Identifiers

PMID32340103
PMCPMC7243103
OpenAlexW3017614148

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