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ReviewCancers2026

Protein Nanocarriers: Targeted Theranostics for Cancer Treatment and Imaging.

Reyhan Dilsu Colpan, Neil R Thomas, Lyudmila Turyanska, Tracey D Bradshaw

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Review in Cancers, 2026. 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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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

1 citing paper 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

4 authors.

Reyhan Dilsu ColpanBiodiscovery Institute, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4179-624X
Neil R ThomasBiodiscovery Institute, School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.
Lyudmila TuryanskaFaculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9552-6501
Tracey D BradshawBiodiscovery Institute, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8451-5092

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/Y008200/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein-based nanocarriers have gained considerable attention for targeted cancer theranostic applications due to their inherent biocompatibility, biodegradability, and facile functionalisation. In addition, some of their properties, such as self-assembling nature, low immunogenicity (if species matched), molecular recognition ability, and lack of persistence due to degradation into proteinogenic amino acids, make them highly suitable for oncology-related applications. Each protein-based nanocarrier exhibits unique physicochemical and biological properties. In this review, we summarise recent advances in targeted protein-based nanocarriers, including albumin, lipoproteins, ferritin, viral protein capsids, fibrin type proteins and silk proteins, emphasising receptor-specific targeting mechanisms, the integration of various imaging modalities along with their advantages and limitations, and the importance of employing advanced preclinical models for translational theranostic applications. This review also discusses the most recent and significant studies in the field, providing useful insights into future directions of protein-based nanocarriers for cancer theranostics.

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cancer theranosticsoverexpressed receptorsprotein nanocarrierstargeted delivery

Identifiers

PMID41827765
PMCPMC12984166

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