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ReviewExploration (Beijing, China)2025

Targeting the Tumor Microbiota in Cancer Therapy Basing on Nanomaterials.

Yanan Niu, Junya Feng, Jie Ma, Tixian Xiao, Wei Yuan

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Review in Exploration (Beijing, China), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. Mitochondrial function meets oncology: the multifaceted role of TFAM across cancer types.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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  11. Nanomedicines in the Treatment of Liver Fibrosis: A Review.International journal of nanomedicine · 2025
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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

5 authors.

Yanan NiuState Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Peking Union Medical College Beijing P. R. China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0692-8208
Junya FengState Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Peking Union Medical College Beijing P. R. China.
Jie MaDepartment of Biotherapy, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College Beijing P. R. China.
Tixian XiaoDepartment of Colorectal Surgery National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Peking Union Medical College Beijing P. R. China.
Wei YuanState Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Peking Union Medical College Beijing P. R. China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5840-4863

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intra-tumoral microbiota, which is a potential component of the tumor microenvironment (TME), has been emerging as a key participant and driving factor in cancer. Previously, due to technical issues and low biological content, little was known about the microbial community within tumors. With the development of high-throughput sequencing technology and molecular biology techniques, it has been demonstrated that tumors harbor highly heterogeneous symbiotic microbial communities, which affect tumor progression mechanisms through various pathways, such as inducing DNA damage, activating carcinogenic pathways, and inducing an immunesuppressive environment. Faced with the harmful microbial communities in the TME, efforts have been made to develop new technologies specifically targeting the microbiome and tumor microecology. Given the success of nanotechnology in cancer diagnosis and treatment, the development of nanotechnology to regulate microscale and molecular-scale interactions occurring in the microbiome and tumor microecology holds promise for providing new approaches for cancer therapy. This article reviews the latest progress in this field, including the microbial community within tumors and its pro-cancer mechanisms, as well as the anti-tumor strategies targeting intra-tumoral microorganisms using nanotechnology. Additionally, this article delivers prospects for the potential clinical significance and challenges of anti-tumor strategies against intra-tumoral microorganisms.

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antibacterialintra‐tumoral microbiotananomaterialstumor therapy

Identifiers

PMID40873650
PMCPMC12380066

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