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ReviewFrontiers in veterinary science2020

Electroporation-Based Treatments in Small Animal Veterinary Oral and Maxillofacial Oncology.

Ana Nemec, Nina Milevoj, Urša Lampreht Tratar, Gregor Serša, Maja Čemažar, Nataša Tozon

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Review in Frontiers in veterinary science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ana NemecSmall Animal Clinic, Veterinary Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Nina MilevojSmall Animal Clinic, Veterinary Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Urša Lampreht TratarInstitute of Oncology Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Gregor SeršaInstitute of Oncology Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Maja ČemažarInstitute of Oncology Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Nataša TozonSmall Animal Clinic, Veterinary Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Institute of Oncology Ljubljana · SIUniversity of Ljubljana · SI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electroporation is a method of inducing an increase in permeability of the cell membrane through the application of an electric field and can be used as a delivery method for introducing molecules of interest (e.g., chemotherapeutics or plasmid DNA) into cells. Electroporation-based treatments (i.e., electrochemotherapy, gene electrotransfer, and their combinations) have been shown to be safe and effective in veterinary oncology, but they are currently mostly recommended for the treatment of those solid tumors for which clients have declined surgery and/or radiotherapy. Published data show that electroporation-based treatments are also safe, simple, fast and cost-effective treatment alternatives for selected oral and maxillofacial tumors, especially small squamous cell carcinoma and malignant melanoma tumors not involving the bone in dogs. In these patients, a good local response to treatment is expected to result in increased survival time with good quality of life. Despite emerging evidence of the clinical efficacy of electroporation-based treatments for oral and maxillofacial tumors, further investigation is needed to optimize treatment protocols, improve clinical data reporting and better understand the mechanisms of patients' response to the treatment.

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catsdogselectrochemotherapy (ECT)electroporationgene electrotransferoral tumors

Identifiers

PMID33134356
PMCPMC7550461
OpenAlexW3089355165

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