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ReviewMolecular cancer2025

Radioresistance in rectal cancer: can nanoparticles turn the tide?

Diogo Coelho, Diogo Estêvão, Maria José Oliveira, Bruno Sarmento

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Review in Molecular cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Diogo Coelhoi3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade Do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, Porto, 4200‑135, Portugal.
Diogo Estêvãoi3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade Do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, Porto, 4200‑135, Portugal.
Maria José Oliveirai3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade Do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, Porto, 4200‑135, Portugal.
Bruno Sarmentoi3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade Do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, Porto, 4200‑135, Portugal. bruno.sarmento@i3s.up.pt.

Funding

Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário ChImuRet_GI2-CESPU-2023Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia 2022.13102.BD
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rectal cancer accounts for over 35% of the worldwide colorectal cancer burden representing a distinctive subset of cancers from those arising in the colon. Colorectal cancers exhibit a continuum of traits that differ with their location in the large intestine. Due to anatomical and molecular differences, rectal cancer is treated differently from colon cancer, with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy playing a pivotal role in the control of the locally advanced disease. However, radioresistance remains a major obstacle often correlated with poor prognosis. Multifunctional nanomedicines offer a promising approach to improve radiotherapy response rates, as well as to increase the intratumoral concentration of chemotherapeutic agents, such as 5-Fluorouracil. Here, we revise the main molecular differences between rectal and colon tumors, exploring the complex orchestration beyond rectal cancer radioresistance and the most promising nanomedicines reported in the literature to improve neoadjuvant therapy response rates.

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NanoparticlesRadiation ToleranceRectal NeoplasmsAnimalsHumansNanomedicineNeoadjuvant TherapyChemoradiotherapyNanomedicinesRadioresistanceRectal cancerTreatment

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PMID39885557
PMCPMC11784129

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