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ReviewPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Nanoparticles for Cancer Immunotherapy: Innovations and Challenges.

Mohannad M Fallatah, Ibrahim Alradwan, Nojoud Alfayez, Alhassan H Aodah, Mohammad Alkhrayef, Majed Majrashi, Yahya F Jamous

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Review in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Potential of Nanoparticle-Based Phototherapies for Future Treatment of Uveal Melanoma.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  9. From Nanoparticle Design to Clinical Translation in Cancer Therapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  16. Editorial: Nanotechnology-based delivery systems for cancer treatment.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 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

7 authors.

Mohannad M FallatahAdvanced Diagnostics and Therapeutics Institute, Health Sector, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
Ibrahim AlradwanAdvanced Diagnostics and Therapeutics Institute, Health Sector, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-3433-9427
Nojoud AlfayezAdvanced Diagnostics and Therapeutics Institute, Health Sector, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
Alhassan H AodahAdvanced Diagnostics and Therapeutics Institute, Health Sector, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-5947-986X
Mohammad AlkhrayefDisability Research Institute, Health Sector, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
Majed MajrashiBioengineering Institute, Health Sector, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
Yahya F JamousInstitute of Health Technologies and Preventive Medicine-Health Sector, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-4809-9743

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer treatment has undergone a paradigm shift following the introduction of novel cancer treatment approaches that involve the host's immune system in fighting established tumors. This new concept aids the immune system in identifying, attacking, and killing the tumor cells. However, although some encouraging results were observed clinically, this approach has its own limitations. For example, the benefits of certain anticancer drugs were only observed in some patients, off-target effects, immune evasion, and poor pharmacokinetics. Recently, several advancements have been made with the understanding and development of tumor-targeted drug delivery systems, which combine both effectiveness and patients' safety during cancer treatment. In this review, we will focus on the latest progress in targeted drug delivery, particularly applying nanoparticles, liposomes, exosomes, and Wharton's jelly-derived macrovesicles as immune cell enhancers, as well as overcoming therapeutic resistance. We also characterize major current problems, such as the biocompatibility and scalability of the delivered engineering systems, as well as the required regulations. Lastly, we will show some examples of effective approaches to resolve these issues for more efficient cancer therapy. The importance of this article lies in bridging two sides in a single framework perspective: the novel implementation of unique delivery systems and the latest advances in the field of cancer immunotherapy. Thus, this provides better insights for the future of cancer treatment.

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cancer immunotherapydrug deliverynanoparticles

Identifiers

PMID40872479
PMCPMC12389689

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