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ReviewCellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands)2025

Exosomes: from basic research to clinical diagnostic and therapeutic applications in cancer.

Salomé Araujo-Abad, José Marcos Berna, Elena Lloret-Lopez, Andrés López-Cortés, Miguel Saceda, Camino de Juan Romero

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Review in Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 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

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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  14. Reprogramming cancer immunity with next-generation combination therapies.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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  15. Deciphering organotropism reveals therapeutic targets in metastasis.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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  19. Exosomes in esophageal cancer: function and therapeutic prospects.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2024
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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

6 authors.

Salomé Araujo-AbadCancer Research Group, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, 170124, Ecuador.
José Marcos BernaUnidad de Investigación, Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunidad Valenciana (FISABIO), Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Camí de l'Almazara 11, Elche, Alicante, 03203, Spain.
Elena Lloret-LopezUnidad de Investigación, Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunidad Valenciana (FISABIO), Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Camí de l'Almazara 11, Elche, Alicante, 03203, Spain.
Andrés López-CortésCancer Research Group (CRG), Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, 170124, Ecuador.
Miguel SacedaUnidad de Investigación, Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunidad Valenciana (FISABIO), Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Camí de l'Almazara 11, Elche, Alicante, 03203, Spain.
Camino de Juan RomeroUnidad de Investigación, Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunidad Valenciana (FISABIO), Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Camí de l'Almazara 11, Elche, Alicante, 03203, Spain. m.juan@umh.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7890-8447

Funding

Generalitat Valenciana CIAICO/2021/135Generalitat Valenciana CIAPOT/2022/7Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI22/00824Universidad de Las Américas Ecuador 525.A.XV.24
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer continues to pose a global threat despite potent anticancer drugs, often accompanied by undesired side effects. To enhance patient outcomes, sophisticated multifunctional approaches are imperative. Small extracellular vesicles (EVs), a diverse family of naturally occurring vesicles derived from cells, offer advantages over synthetic carriers. Among the EVs, the exosomes are facilitating intercellular communication with minimal toxicity, high biocompatibility, and low immunogenicity. Their tissue-specific targeting ability, mediated by surface molecules, enables precise transport of biomolecules to cancer cells. Here, we explore the potential of exosomes as innovative therapeutic agents, including cancer vaccines, and their clinical relevance as biomarkers for clinical diagnosis. We highlight the cargo possibilities, including nucleic acids and drugs, which make them a good delivery system for targeted cancer treatment and contrast agents for disease monitoring. Other general aspects, sources, and the methodology associated with therapeutic cancer applications are also reviewed. Additionally, the challenges associated with translating exosome-based therapies into clinical practice are discussed, together with the future prospects for this innovative approach.

Indexed as

ExosomesNeoplasmsAnimalsBiomarkers, TumorHumansBiomarkers, TumorBiomarkersCancerClinical trialsDrug deliveryExosomesTreatment

Identifiers

PMID39298081
PMCPMC11997007

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