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ReviewTheranostics2025

On the dilemma of using single EV analysis for liquid biopsy: the challenge of low abundance of tumor EVs in blood.

Meruyert Imanbekova, Mohul Sharma, Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu

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Review in Theranostics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing 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

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Extracellular vesicles in spine tumors: biological roles, immune modulation, and therapeutic implications.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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  13. Automated Optofluidic Analysis of Single Extracellular Vesicles for Organoid Culture Monitoring.IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics : a publication of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-optics Society
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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

3 authors.

Meruyert ImanbekovaDepartment of Bioengineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 0E9, Canada.
Mohul SharmaDepartment of Bioengineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 0E9, Canada.
Sebastian Wachsmann-HogiuDepartment of Bioengineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 0E9, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Single extracellular vesicle (EV) analysis holds great promise for non-invasive cancer diagnostics, offering insights into tumor-specific biomarkers and enabling personalized treatment strategies. However, a significant challenge in the path towards clinical applications is the low abundance of tumor-derived EVs (

Indexed as

Biomarkers, TumorExtracellular VesiclesNeoplasmsHumansLiquid BiopsyBiomarkers, Tumorextracellular vesiclesliquid biopsylow abundance of tumor EVsnon-invasive cancer diagnosticssingle EV analysis

Identifiers

PMID40860141
PMCPMC12374542

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