Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41044012›Full record

ReviewTrends in cancer2026

Spatially resolving cancer: from cell states to therapy.

Guangsheng Pei, Yang Liu, Linghua Wang

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Trends in cancer, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Molecular subtyping-guided precision therapy for ESCC: biomarker-driven strategies and clinical translation pathways.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
    Review
  3. Article
  4. Decoding the breast cancer microenvironment by spatial multi-omics: from architecture to clinical translation.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
    Review
  5. Review
  6. Article
  7. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Guangsheng PeiDepartment of Genomic Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Yang LiuDepartment of Genomic Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Linghua WangDepartment of Genomic Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA; The James P. Allison Institute, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA; The Institute for Data Science in Oncology (IDSO), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: LWang22@mdanderson.org.

Funding

Center for Gastric Pre-Cancer Atlas of Multidimensional Evolution in 3D (GAME3D)U01CA294518 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Paul F Mansfield, Linghua Wang · 2024 to 2026
$5.4M
Tumor cell lineage diversity and composition in gastric cancer progression and therapy resistanceR01CA266280 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Pawel K. Mazur, Linghua Wang · 2022 to 2026
$3.2M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA266280NCI NIH HHS U01 CA294518
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in spatial multi-omics technologies and analytical methods are transforming our understanding of how cancer cells and their microenvironments interact to drive critical processes such as lineage plasticity, immune evasion, and therapeutic resistance. By linking cancer cell states, lineage plasticity, clonal dynamics, oncogenic pathways, and cellular interactions to their spatial context, these innovations provide deep biological insights and reveal clinically relevant molecular programs and spatial biomarkers. This review highlights key breakthroughs in spatial profiling and computational approaches, including integration with computational pathology, multimodal data, and machine learning to uncover important biological insights. We discuss challenges in spatial multimodal data integration and emerging clinical applications, and we propose a roadmap to accelerate clinical translation and advance precision oncology through spatially resolved, actionable, molecular insights.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentBiomarkers, TumorComputational BiologyHumansMachine LearningPrecision MedicineBiomarkers, Tumorcancer cell statecomputational pathologymachine learningmultimodal data integrationspatial multi-omicsspatial profiling

Identifiers

PMID41044012
PMCPMC12619058

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.