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ReviewAdvanced healthcare materials2021

Recent Progress in the Synergistic Combination of Nanoparticle-Mediated Hyperthermia and Immunotherapy for Treatment of Cancer.

Zachary R Stephen, Miqin Zhang

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Review in Advanced healthcare materials, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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.

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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Application of nano-radiosensitizers in combination cancer therapy.Bioengineering & translational medicine · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zachary R StephenDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Miqin ZhangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8974-1494
University of Washington · US

Funding

Iron oxide nanotheranostics for breast cancerR01EB026890 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI ZHANG, MIQIN · 2018 to 2021
$1.9M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB026890NIH HHS R01EB026890
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapy has demonstrated great clinical success in certain cancers, driven primarily by immune checkpoint blockade and adoptive cell therapies. Immunotherapy can elicit strong, durable responses in some patients, but others do not respond, and to date immunotherapy has demonstrated success in only a limited number of cancers. To address this limitation, combinatorial approaches with chemo- and radiotherapy have been applied in the clinic. Extensive preclinical evidence suggests that hyperthermia therapy (HT) has considerable potential to augment immunotherapy with minimal toxicity. This progress report will provide a brief overview of immunotherapy and HT approaches and highlight recent progress in the application of nanoparticle (NP)-based HT in combination with immunotherapy. NPs allow for tumor-specific targeting of deep tissue tumors while potentially providing more even heating. NP-based HT increases tumor immunogenicity and tumor permeability, which improves immune cell infiltration and creates an environment more responsive to immunotherapy, particularly in solid tumors.

Indexed as

Hyperthermia, InducedNanoparticlesNeoplasmsHumansHyperthermiaImmunotherapycancerimmunotherapymagnetic hyperthermia therapynanoparticlesphotothermal therapy

Identifiers

PMID33236511
PMCPMC8034553
OpenAlexW3110383850

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