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ReviewPharmaceutics2022

Nanoparticles and Radioisotopes: A Long Story in a Nutshell.

Giulia Poletto, Laura Evangelista, Francesca Venturini, Fabiana Gramegna, Flavio Seno, Stefano Moro, Roberto Vettor, Nicola Realdon, Diego Cecchin

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2022. 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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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Linking In Vivo Imaging to Therapeutic Outcome withInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  3. Development ofDrug delivery and translational research · 2026
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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

9 authors.

Giulia PolettoDepartment of Medicine (DIMED), Nuclear Medicine Unit, Padova University Hospital, 35128 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7953-4934
Laura EvangelistaDepartment of Medicine (DIMED), Nuclear Medicine Unit, Padova University Hospital, 35128 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5955-9488
Francesca VenturiniPharmacy Unit, Padova University Hospital, 35128 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0396-4377
Fabiana GramegnaINFN, National Laboratories of Legnaro, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6112-0602
Flavio SenoDepartment of Physic and Astronomy, INFN Section, University of Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy.
Stefano MoroDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7514-3802
Roberto VettorDepartment of Medicine (DIMED), Nuclear Medicine Unit, Padova University Hospital, 35128 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0625-6667
Nicola RealdonDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5624-6876
Diego CecchinDepartment of Medicine (DIMED), Nuclear Medicine Unit, Padova University Hospital, 35128 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7956-1924

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this narrative review was to assess the use of nanoparticles (NPs) to deliver radionuclides to targets, focusing on systems that have been tested in pre-clinical and, when available, clinical settings. A literature search was conducted in PubMed and Web of Science databases using the following terms: "radionuclides" AND "liposomes" or "PLGA nanoparticles" or "gold nanoparticles" or "iron oxide nanoparticles" or "silica nanoparticles" or "micelles" or "dendrimers". No filters were applied, apart from a minimum limit of 10 patients enrolled for clinical studies. Data from some significant studies from pre-clinical and clinical settings were retrieved, and we briefly describe the information available. All the selected seven classes of nanoparticles were highly tested in clinical trials, but they all present many drawbacks. Liposomes are the only ones that have been tested for clinical applications, though they have never been commercialized. In conclusion, the application of NPs for imaging has been the object of much interest over the years, albeit mainly in pre-clinical settings. Thus, we think that, based on the current state, radiolabeled NPs must be investigated longer before finding their place in nuclear medicine.

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drug deliverynanoparticlesradiopharmaceuticals

Identifiers

PMID36297457
PMCPMC9612364

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