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ReviewPharmaceutics2025

Inhalable Nanomaterial Discoveries for Lung Cancer Therapy: A Review.

Iqra Safdar, Syed Mahmood, Muhammad Kumayl Abdulwahab, Suzita Mohd Noor, Yi Ge, Zarif Mohamed Sofian

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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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

5 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

6 authors.

Iqra SafdarDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia.
Syed MahmoodDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-9052-147X
Muhammad Kumayl AbdulwahabDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0003-2355-9926
Suzita Mohd NoorDepartment of Biomedical, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia.
Yi GeSchool of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1037-3834
Zarif Mohamed SofianDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia.

Funding

Universiti Malaya IIRG001A-2022FNW
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lung cancer remains one of the most common and deadliest forms of cancer worldwide despite notable advancements in its management. Conventional treatments, such as chemotherapy, often have limitations in effectively targeting cancer cells, which frequently lead to off-target side effects. In this context, the pulmonary delivery of inhalable nanomaterials offers the advantages of being rapid, efficient, and target-specific, with minimal systemic side effects. This concise review summarizes the basic research and clinical translation of inhalable nanomaterials for the treatment of lung cancer. We also provide insights into the latest advances in pulmonary drug delivery systems, focusing on various types of pulmonary devices and nanomaterials. Furthermore, this paper discusses significant challenges in translating the discoveries of inhalable nanomaterials into clinical care for lung cancer and shares strategies to overcome these issues.

Indexed as

inhalable devicesinhalable nanomaterialslung cancernanomedicinetargeted drug delivery

Identifiers

PMID40871018
PMCPMC12389606

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