Table 2.

Nanoparticles used as anticancer drug delivery vehicles, their respective parameters, and their corresponding visual PROMETHEE values.

Criteria	BC	ACC	TO	SP	ST	EF	AE	SA
Unit	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Preference
Max\min	Max	Min	Min	Max	Max	Max	Min	Max
Weight	VH	VH	VH	H	H	VH	VH	VH
Preference fn.	Gaussian	Gaussian	Gaussian	Gaussian	Gaussian	Gaussian	Gaussian	Gaussian
Evaluation
AuNPs	VH	VL	VL	VH	VH	VH	VL	VH
Liposomes	H	H	H	H	H	H	L	L
Dendrimers	M	H	M	M	M	M	M	M
PMs	H	M	M	H	H	VH	L	H
QDs	M	H	L	H	M	H	H	VL

^∗AuNPs: gold nanoparticles; PMs: polymeric micelles; QDs: quantum dots; BC: biocompatibility; ACC: accumulation rate; TO: toxicity; SP: specificity; ST: stability; EF: efficacy; AE: adverse effect; SA: safety; H: high; M: medium; VH: very high; L: low; VL: very low; A: average; G: good; VG: very good.