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ReviewFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2025

Hydrogels as a new platform of therapeutic systems in oncological treatment - use as a protective barrier and drug carriers.

Katarzyna Czerwiec, Weronika Szczecińska, Michał Pikuła

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Review in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Katarzyna CzerwiecDivision of Clinical Anatomy, Laboratory of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.
Weronika SzczecińskaThe Department of General Surgery, Hospital Copernicus in Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.
Michał PikułaLaboratory of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Embryology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hydrogels as three-dimensional polymer networks capable of reversibly absorbing water are of increasing interest among researchers. Hydrogels, especially those of natural origin such as alginate, chitosan, hyaluronic acid, peptide hydrogels, thanks to properties such as biocompatibility, biodegradability, bioactivity, can serve as an effective protective barrier or drug carrier. Thanks to the possibility of their modification, they can be an innovative platform supporting anticancer treatment. The examples presented in this publication confirm that these products can increase the effectiveness of treatment and reduce the effects of side effects.

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alginatechitosanhyaluronic acidhydrogelsoncologypeptide hydrogels

Identifiers

PMID41064525
PMCPMC12500729

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