{"title":"Mapping the Nanotechnology Patent Landscape in the Field of Cancer.","authors":"Haoyu Sun, Tong Wu, Xinrui Liu, Huanzhang Xia, Hongmei Yuan","doi":"10.2174/1872210517666230530162115","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Currently, cancer is still a significant disease that seriously endangers human health. Therefore, advanced diagnostic technology and treatment protocols are urgently needed. The rapid development of nanotechnology is expected to provide new ideas for cancer diagnosis and treatment.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The research aims to comprehensively demonstrate the hotspots of nanotechnology applications in cancer.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this study, an International Patent Classification codes co-occurrence network is constructed to visualize the technology landscape by simultaneously locating and ranking technologies that play an integral role in nanotechnology diffusion and bridging in the field of cancer. In addition, community identification and topic modeling highlight the latent topics in patent documents.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The visualization results of the patent network yield five main clusters: Cluster 0 is a nanoparticle composition delivery system with liposomes as the primary carrier. Cluster 1 is mainly represented by nano-immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors. Cluster 2 is nano phototherapy based on photodynamic therapy and photothermal therapy. Cluster 3 is diagnostic imaging involving nanotechnology. Cluster 4 is a drug delivery system with nanovesicles and albumin nanoparticles as carriers.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>It was found that carriers represented by liposomes, vesicles, and albumin nanoparticles are essential nanomaterials in the current anticancer drug delivery systems. Integrating next-generation immunosuppressants and nanotechnology will become an important development direction for future immunotherapy. Organic/inorganic nanomaterials are pivotal in cancer imaging diagnosis and phototherapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":49324,"journal":{"name":"Recent Patents on Nanotechnology","volume":" ","pages":"321-334"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Recent Patents on Nanotechnology","FirstCategoryId":"88","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1872210517666230530162115","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Background: Currently, cancer is still a significant disease that seriously endangers human health. Therefore, advanced diagnostic technology and treatment protocols are urgently needed. The rapid development of nanotechnology is expected to provide new ideas for cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Objective: The research aims to comprehensively demonstrate the hotspots of nanotechnology applications in cancer.
Methods: In this study, an International Patent Classification codes co-occurrence network is constructed to visualize the technology landscape by simultaneously locating and ranking technologies that play an integral role in nanotechnology diffusion and bridging in the field of cancer. In addition, community identification and topic modeling highlight the latent topics in patent documents.
Results: The visualization results of the patent network yield five main clusters: Cluster 0 is a nanoparticle composition delivery system with liposomes as the primary carrier. Cluster 1 is mainly represented by nano-immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors. Cluster 2 is nano phototherapy based on photodynamic therapy and photothermal therapy. Cluster 3 is diagnostic imaging involving nanotechnology. Cluster 4 is a drug delivery system with nanovesicles and albumin nanoparticles as carriers.
Conclusion: It was found that carriers represented by liposomes, vesicles, and albumin nanoparticles are essential nanomaterials in the current anticancer drug delivery systems. Integrating next-generation immunosuppressants and nanotechnology will become an important development direction for future immunotherapy. Organic/inorganic nanomaterials are pivotal in cancer imaging diagnosis and phototherapy.
期刊介绍:
Recent Patents on Nanotechnology publishes full-length/mini reviews and research articles that reflect or deal with studies in relation to a patent, application of reported patents in a study, discussion of comparison of results regarding application of a given patent, etc., and also guest edited thematic issues on recent patents in the field of nanotechnology. A selection of important and recent patents on nanotechnology is also included in the journal. The journal is essential reading for all researchers involved in nanotechnology.