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ReviewPharmaceutics2024

Platinum Group Metals Nanoparticles in Breast Cancer Therapy.

Sibusiso Alven, Sendibitiyosi Gandidzanwa, Basabele Ngalo, Olwethu Poswayo, Tatenda Madanhire, Blessing A Aderibigbe, Zenixole Tshentu

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

7 authors.

Sibusiso AlvenDepartment of Chemistry, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha 6001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-7100-4007
Sendibitiyosi GandidzanwaDepartment of Chemistry, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha 6001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-1421-9359
Basabele NgaloDepartment of Chemistry, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha 6001, South Africa.
Olwethu PoswayoDepartment of Chemistry, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha 6001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-5948-8026
Tatenda MadanhireDepartment of Chemistry, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha 6001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-6352-183X
Blessing A AderibigbeDepartment of Chemistry, University of Fort Hare, Alice 5700, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-1157-7481
Zenixole TshentuDepartment of Chemistry, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha 6001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-5340-8005

Funding

National Research Foundation PDG210323590752
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite various methods currently used in cancer therapy, breast cancer remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Current therapeutics face limitations such as multidrug resistance, drug toxicity and off-target effects, poor drug bioavailability and biocompatibility, and inefficient drug delivery. Nanotechnology has emerged as a promising approach to cancer diagnosis, imaging, and therapy. Several preclinical studies have demonstrated that compounds and nanoparticles formulated from platinum group metals (PGMs) effectively treat breast cancer. PGMs are chemically stable, easy to functionalise, versatile, and tunable. They can target hypoxic microenvironments, catalyse the production of reactive oxygen species, and offer the potential for combination therapy. PGM nanoparticles can be incorporated with anticancer drugs to improve efficacy and can be attached to targeting moieties to enhance tumour-targeting efficiency. This review focuses on the therapeutic outcomes of platinum group metal nanoparticles (PGMNs) against various breast cancer cells and briefly discusses clinical trials of these nanoparticles in breast cancer treatment. It further illustrates the potential applications of PGMNs in breast cancer and presents opportunities for future PGM-based nanomaterial applications in combatting breast cancer.

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breast cancercancer diagnosis and cancer therapydrug deliverynanoparticlesplatinum group metals

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PMID39339199
PMCPMC11434984

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