¶ Price information obtained from . DCM = dichloromethane; DLC = drug loading content; DLS = dynamic light scattering; EE = encapsulation efficiency; HPA = heparinase; HPLC = high-performance liquid chromatography; LDA = laser Doppler anemometry; L:G = lactide to glycolide ratio; P407 = synthetic polymer synthesized in ; PBS = phosphate buffered saline; PDI = polydispersity index; PEG = poly(ethylene) glycol; PLGA = poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid); PTX = paclitaxel; PVA = poly(vinyl alcohol); SEM = scanning electron microscope; TEM = transmission electron microscope; TPGS = D-alpha tocopherol acid polyethylene glycol succinate. Note: where applicable, the polymer-drug ratio has been converted such that the ratio is relative to 1 mg of drug. The literature search was performed on the Web of Science database, with search terms "PLGA nanoparticles", "paclitaxel", and "cancer". Search results were filtered by article document type, published between 2017-2020, and a select list of publishers (Elsevier, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, or Wiley). Results were sorted in order of the number of citations, and the top nine articles (i.e., citation number within 10% of the most highly cited) deemed relevant were inspected further.