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ReviewNature cancer2025

Past, present and future of drug conjugates for cancer therapy.

S Cazzamalli, E Puca, D Neri

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Review in Nature 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

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

7 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

3 authors.

S Cazzamalli *R&D Department, Philochem AG, Otelfingen, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0510-5664
E Puca *R&D Department, Philochem AG, Otelfingen, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2869-3203
D NeriDepartment of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland. dario.neri@philogen.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5234-7370

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drug conjugates have emerged as promising tumor-targeted cytotoxics with an improved therapeutic index compared to classical chemotherapeutics. Although traditionally based on antibody ligands, high-throughput screening methods, such as peptide display and DNA-encoded chemical libraries, have enabled the isolation of ultra-high-affinity small ligands and the generation of drug conjugates with better tumor-targeting performance. This Perspective examines the history, major clinical milestones and future of drug conjugates for cancer treatment. We also discuss a new wave of combination modalities, linker strategies, and the development of conjugates based on large and small delivery vehicles.

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Antineoplastic AgentsDrug Delivery SystemsNeoplasmsAnimalsHistory, 21st CenturyHumansAntineoplastic Agents

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