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ReviewMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Electrochemotherapy and Other Clinical Applications of Electroporation for the Targeted Therapy of Metastatic Melanoma.

Corina Ioana Cucu, Călin Giurcăneanu, Liliana Gabriela Popa, Olguța Anca Orzan, Cristina Beiu, Alina Maria Holban, Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu, Bogdan Mircea Matei, Marius Nicolae Popescu, Constantin Căruntu and 1 more

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Review in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 26% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Corina Ioana CucuDepartment of Oncologic Dermatology-"Elias" Emergency University Hospital, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Călin GiurcăneanuDepartment of Oncologic Dermatology-"Elias" Emergency University Hospital, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Liliana Gabriela PopaDepartment of Oncologic Dermatology-"Elias" Emergency University Hospital, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Olguța Anca OrzanDepartment of Oncologic Dermatology-"Elias" Emergency University Hospital, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Cristina BeiuDepartment of Oncologic Dermatology-"Elias" Emergency University Hospital, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-4632-576X
Alina Maria HolbanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 030018 Bucharest, Romania.
Alexandru Mihai GrumezescuDepartment of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 1-7 Polizu Street, 011061 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-3036-094X
Bogdan Mircea MateiDepartment of Biophysics and Cellular Biotechnology, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Marius Nicolae PopescuDepartment of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, "Elias" Emergency University Hospital, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Constantin CăruntuFaculty of Medicine, "Titu Maiorescu" University, 22 Dambrovnicului, 031593 Bucharest, Romania.
Mara Mădălina MihaiDepartment of Oncologic Dermatology-"Elias" Emergency University Hospital, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-1436-0088
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy · ROUniversity of Bucharest · ROTitu Maiorescu University · ROUniversitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica București · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electrochemotherapy (ECT) is an effective bioelectrochemical procedure that uses controlled electrical pulses to facilitate the increase of intracellular concentration of certain substances (electropermeabilization/ reversible electroporation). ECT using antitumor drugs such as bleomycin and cisplatin is a minimally invasive targeted therapy that can be used as an alternative for oncologic patients not eligible for surgery or other standard therapies. Even though ECT is mainly applied as palliative care for metastases, it may also be used for primary tumors that are unresectable due to size and location. Skin neoplasms are the main clinical indication of ECT, the procedure reporting good curative results and high efficiency across all tumor types, including melanoma. In daily practice, there are many cases in which the patient's quality of life can be significantly improved by a safe procedure such as ECT. Its popularity must be increased because it has a safe profile and minor local adverse reactions. The method can be used by dermatologists, oncologists, and surgeons. The aim of this paper is to review recent literature concerning electrochemotherapy and other clinical applications of electroporation for the targeted therapy of metastatic melanoma.

Indexed as

advanced melanomaelectrochemotherapyelectropermeabilizationelectroporationgene transfermetastatic melanomatargeted therapy

Identifiers

PMID34300902
PMCPMC8305146
OpenAlexW3184201005

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