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ReviewGels (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Nanogels as a Versatile Drug Delivery System for Brain Cancer.

Brielle Stawicki, Tyler Schacher, Hyunah Cho

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Review in Gels (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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26citing papers in PubMed, 1 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

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

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

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  6. Antibody-conjugated polymer nanoparticles for brain cancer.Drug delivery and translational research · 2025
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  11. Crosslinked PVA-ACS omega · 2024
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  17. Nanogels as novel drug nanocarriers for CNS drug delivery.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2023
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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.

Brielle StawickiSchool of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 230 Park Ave., Florham Park, NJ 07932, USA.
Tyler SchacherSchool of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 230 Park Ave., Florham Park, NJ 07932, USA.
Hyunah ChoSchool of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 230 Park Ave., Florham Park, NJ 07932, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chemotherapy and radiation remain as mainstays in the treatment of a variety of cancers globally, yet some therapies exhibit limited specificity and result in harsh side effects in patients. Brain tissue differs from other tissue due to restrictions from the blood-brain barrier, thus systemic treatment options are limited. The focus of this review is on nanogels as local and systemic drug delivery systems in the treatment of brain cancer. Nanogels are a unique local or systemic drug delivery system that is tailorable and consists of a three-dimensional polymeric network formed via physical or chemical assembly. For example, thermosensitive nanogels show promise in their ability to incorporate therapeutic agents in nano-structured matrices, be applied in the forms of sprays or sols to the area from which a tumor has been removed, form adhesive gels to fill the cavity and deliver treatment locally. Their usage does come with complications, such as handling, storage, chemical stability, and degradation. Despite these limitations, the current ongoing development of nanogels allows patient-centered treatment that can be considered as a promising tool for the management of brain cancer.

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brain cancerdrug deliverynanogel

Identifiers

PMID34073626
PMCPMC8162335

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