ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2022
The anticancer effects of curcumin and clinical research progress on its effects on esophageal cancer.
Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Curcumin as a Synergy Amplifier in Cancer Therapy.Pharmaceutics · 2026Review
- Liposomal drug delivery for lung cancer therapy: progress, challenges, and future perspectives.Molecular cancer · 2026Review
- Chitosan-embedded β-cyclodextrin-magnetic graphene oxide nanoparticles for curcumin loading: evaluating cytotoxicity and apoptosis induction in esophageal cancer.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026Article
- Silibinin-Loaded Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery in Gastric Cancer: In Vitro Modulating miR-181a and miR-34a to Inhibit Cancer Cell Growth and Migration.Food science & nutrition · 2025Article
- SARCOPENIA AND GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER: NUTRITIONAL APPROACH FOCUSING ON CURCUMIN SUPPLEMENTATION.Arquivos de gastroenterologia · 2025Review
- Curcumin: Overview of Extraction Methods, Health Benefits, and Encapsulation and Delivery Using Microemulsions and Nanoemulsions.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Antimelanogenic Effects of Curcumin and Its Dimethoxy Derivatives: Mechanistic Investigation Using B16F10 Melanoma Cells and Zebrafish (Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Cytotoxicity of Isoxazole Curcumin Analogs on Chronic Myeloid Leukemia-Derived K562 Cell Lines Sensitive and Resistant to Imatinib.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- The effect of curcumin on hypoxia in the tumour microenvironment as a regulatory factor in cancer.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2023Article
- Interactions between curcumin and human salt-induced kinase 3 elucidated from computational tools and experimental methods.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Esophageal cancer (EC) is a common tumor of the gastrointestinal system and a major threat to human health. The etiology and incidence of EC vary depending on the type of pathology. Owing to the unique physiological structure of the esophagus and the poor biological behavior of EC, the treatment modalities available are limited, and the prognosis of patients is relatively poor. Curcumin is a type of natural phytochemical belonging to the class of phenolic compounds. It exerts favorable anticancer effects on various cancers. A growing body of evidence indicates that curcumin suppresses tumor development and progression by inhibiting tumor cell proliferation, invasion, and migration, thus inducing apoptosis, regulating microRNA expression, reversing multidrug resistance, and inducing sensitivity to the therapeutic effect of chemoradiotherapy. Multiple cellular molecules, growth factors, and genes encoding proteins participating in different signaling pathways interact with each other to contribute to the complex and orderly anticancer effect. The efficacy and safety of curcumin have been established in preclinical studies for EC and clinical trials for other cancers. However, the low bioavailability of curcumin limits its clinical application. Therefore, the modification of curcumin analogs, the combination of curcumin with other drugs or therapies, and the use of novel nanocarriers have been widely investigated to improve the clinical effects of curcumin in EC.
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