Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Objectives: Today, the use of nanotechnology in medical practice is increasingly growing. One of the practical aspects of nanomedicine is its use in breast cancer. Using text mining techniques, analysis of research in this field will help draw its thematic network and discover the main thematic areas under study. Methods: This research was conducted using the text mining method in January 2022. The present study population consisted of scientific articles on breast cancer by researchers in the field of nanomedicine that have been published in scientific journals around the world, and their bibliographic information has been indexed in the Medline database. A total of 838 records were recovered in this research. Data analysis was done using VOSviewer software, version 1.6.17. Results: Based on the thematic network obtained from the analysis of the titles and abstracts of the studied documents, concepts such as paclitaxel, patient, Michigan Cancer Foundation (MCF), poly, imaging and toxicity are among the most widely used research topics in the field of nanomedicine in breast cancer internationally. The study of the thematic network at different periods shows changes in the concepts related to this field. "MCF," "poly," "imaging" and "toxicity" concepts were the most active subject areas in 2019-2021, but "paclitaxel" and "patients" concepts were the most active in 2015-2018. Discussion: The textual analysis clearly shows that nanomedicine in breast cancer has become more of a treatment than a diagnosis, and in the near future, researchers will focus on the fundamental goals of breast cancer treatment and ways to deal with it.
DOI: 10.34172/hmj.8414
Language: English
Subfield: Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4404009079