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ArticleTherapeutic advances in medical oncology2021

Minibeam radiation therapy enhanced tumor delivery of PEGylated liposomal doxorubicin in a triple-negative breast cancer mouse model.

Lauren S L Price, Judith N Rivera, Andrew J Madden, Leah B Herity, Joseph A Piscitelli, Savannah Mageau, Charlene M Santos, Jose R Roques, Bentley Midkiff, Nana N Feinberg and 3 more

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Article in Therapeutic advances in medical oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
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

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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Minibeam Radiation Therapy for Recurrent Mucosal Melanoma: An Eye-Opening Response.Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lauren S L PriceDivision of Pharmacotherapy & Experimental Therapeutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Judith N RiveraJoint Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Andrew J MaddenDivision of Pharmacotherapy & Experimental Therapeutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Leah B HerityDivision of Pharmacotherapy & Experimental Therapeutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Joseph A PiscitelliDivision of Pharmacotherapy & Experimental Therapeutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Savannah MageauDivision of Pharmacotherapy & Experimental Therapeutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Charlene M SantosUNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Jose R RoquesUNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Bentley MidkiffTranslational Pathology Lab, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Nana N FeinbergTranslational Pathology Lab, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
David DarrUNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Sha X ChangJoint Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
William C ZamboniDivision of Pharmacotherapy & Experimental Therapeutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1022B Genetic Medicine Building, 120 Mason Farm Road, Campus Box 7361, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7361, USA.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USUNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer CenterUniversity of North Carolina Health Care · US

Funding

Virology Research Program (Program 4)P30CA016086 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Deborah F. Tate · 1985 to 2026
$201.5M
UNC-CH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH &SUSCEPTIBILITYP30ES010126 · NIEHS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Hazel B Nichols · 2001 to 2026
$36.3M
Small Animal Imaging CoreU54CA198999 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI HUANG, LEAF · 2015 to 2019
$11.9M
CAROLINA CANCER NANOTECHNOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAM (C-CNTP)T32CA196589 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Gaorav P. Gupta, ALEXANDER V KABANOV · 2015 to 2026
$4.5M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016086NCI NIH HHS T32 CA196589NCI NIH HHS U54 CA198999NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES010126
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMinibeam radiation therapy is an experimental radiation therapy utilizing an array of parallel submillimeter planar X-ray beams. In preclinical studies, minibeam radiation therapy has been shown to eradicate tumors and cause significantly less damage to normal tissue compared to equivalent radiation doses delivered by conventional broadbeam radiation therapy, where radiation dose is uniformly distributed.

methodsExpanding on prior studies that suggested minibeam radiation therapy increased perfusion in tumors, we compared a single fraction of minibeam radiation therapy (peak dose:valley dose of 28 Gy:2.1 Gy and 100 Gy:7.5 Gy) and broadbeam radiation therapy (7 Gy) in their ability to enhance tumor delivery of PEGylated liposomal doxorubicin and alter the tumor microenvironment in a murine tumor model. Plasma and tumor pharmacokinetic studies of PEGylated liposomal doxorubicin and tumor microenvironment profiling were performed in a genetically engineered mouse model of claudin-low triple-negative breast cancer (T11).

resultsMinibeam radiation therapy (28 Gy) and broadbeam radiation therapy (7 Gy) increased PEGylated liposomal doxorubicin tumor delivery by 7.1-fold and 2.7-fold, respectively, compared to PEGylated liposomal doxorubicin alone, without altering the plasma disposition. The enhanced tumor delivery of PEGylated liposomal doxorubicin by minibeam radiation therapy is consistent after repeated dosing, is associated with changes in tumor macrophages but not collagen or angiogenesis, and nontoxic to local tissues. Our study indicated that the minibeam radiation therapy's ability to enhance the drug delivery decreases from 28 to 100 Gy peak dose. DISCUSSION: Our studies suggest that low-dose minibeam radiation therapy is a safe and effective method to significantly enhance the tumor delivery of nanoparticle agents.

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microbeam radiationnanoparticlepharmacokineticstumor deliverytumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID34733359
PMCPMC8558804
OpenAlexW3209779043

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