Advances in Breast Cancer Management and Extracellular Vesicle Research, a Bibliometric Analysis

Autor: Ramon Handerson Gomes Teles, Rafael Sussumu Yano, Nicolas Jones Villarinho, Ana Sayuri Yamagata, Ruy Gastaldoni Jaeger, Patrick Meybohm, Malgorzata Burek, Vanessa Morais Freitas
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Current Oncology, Vol 28, Iss 6, Pp 4504-4520 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1718-7729
1198-0052
DOI: 10.3390/curroncol28060382
Popis: Extracellular vesicles transport variable content and have crucial functions in cell–cell communication. The role of extracellular vesicles in cancer is a current hot topic, and no bibliometric study has ever analyzed research production regarding their role in breast cancer and indicated the trends in the field. In this way, we aimed to investigate the trends in breast cancer management involved with extracellular vesicle research. Articles were retrieved from Scopus, including all the documents published concerning breast cancer and extracellular vesicles. We analyzed authors, journals, citations, affiliations, and keywords, besides other bibliometric analyses, using R Studio version 3.6.2. and VOSviewer version 1.6.0. A total of 1151 articles were retrieved, and as the main result, our analysis revealed trending topics on biomarkers of liquid biopsy, drug delivery, chemotherapy, autophagy, and microRNA. Additionally, research related to extracellular vesicles in breast cancer has been focused on diagnosis, treatment, and mechanisms of action of breast tumor-derived vesicles. Future studies are expected to explore the role of extracellular vesicles on autophagy and microRNA, besides investigating the application of extracellular vesicles from liquid biopsies for biomarkers and drug delivery, enabling the development and validation of therapeutic strategies for specific cancers.
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