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ReviewVaccines2022

EGFR-Based Targeted Therapy for Colorectal Cancer-Promises and Challenges.

Balakarthikeyan Janani, Mayakrishnan Vijayakumar, Kannappan Priya, Jin Hee Kim, D S Prabakaran, Mohammad Shahid, Sameer Al-Ghamdi, Mohammed Alsaidan, Nasraddin Othman Bahakim, Mohammad Hassan Abdelzaher and 1 more

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Review in Vaccines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
62citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
10.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

62 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 100 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

11 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Balakarthikeyan JananiDepartment of Biochemistry, PSG College of Arts and Science (Autonomous), Bharathiar University, Coimbatore 641014, Tamil Nadu, India.ORCID 0000-0002-6647-8651
Mayakrishnan VijayakumarDepartment of Integrative Bioscience and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Sejong University, 209 Neugdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05006, Korea.
Kannappan PriyaDepartment of Biochemistry, PSG College of Arts and Science (Autonomous), Bharathiar University, Coimbatore 641014, Tamil Nadu, India.
Jin Hee KimDepartment of Integrative Bioscience and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Sejong University, 209 Neugdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05006, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-1204-7079
D S PrabakaranDepartment of Radiation Oncology, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Chungdae-ro 1, Seowon-gu, Cheongju 28644, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-2486-5290
Mohammad ShahidDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia.
Sameer Al-GhamdiFamily and Community Medicine Department, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-0506-0574
Mohammed AlsaidanInternal Medicine Department, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia.
Nasraddin Othman BahakimDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad Hassan AbdelzaherDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-0182-5456
Thiyagarajan RameshDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-6478-0833
Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University · SABharathiar University · INSejong University · KRChungbuk National University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colorectal carcinoma (CRC) is the most lethal and common form of cancer in the world. It was responsible for almost 881,000 cancer deaths in 2018. Approximately 25% of cases are diagnosed at advanced stages with metastasis-this poses challenges for effective surgical control and future tumor-related mortality. There are numerous diagnostic methods that can be used to reduce the risk of colorectal carcinoma. Among these, targeted nanotherapy aims to eliminate the tumor and any metastasis. Active targeting can increase the effectiveness and quantity of drugs delivered to the target site. Antibodies that target overexpressed receptors on cell surfaces and indicators are coupled with drug-loaded carriers. The major target receptors of chemotherapeutic drugs delivery include VEGFR, EGFR, FGFR, HER2, and TGF. On account of its major and diverse roles in cancer, it is important to target EGFR in particular for better tumor selection, as EGFR is overexpressed in 25 to 82% of colorectal carcinoma cases. The EGFR monoclonal immunoglobulins cetuximab/panitumumab can thus be used to treat colorectal cancer. This review examines carriers that contain cetuximab-conjugated therapeutic drugs as well as their efficacy in anticancer activities.

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cetuximabcolorectal cancerEGFRnanocarriersnanomedicine

Identifiers

PMID35455247
PMCPMC9030067
OpenAlexW4220677690

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Registered trials

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