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Trial reportAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2026

Three-Year Follow-Up of Neoadjuvant Tislelizumab with Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced Gastric and Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma: Revealing Cancer-Associated Fibroblast Heterogeneity Corresponding to PD-1 Blockade Efficacy.

Yao Lin, Xiong Sun, Chengguo Li, Ming Yang, Ke Wu, Ke Liu, Anshu Li, Xiaoming Shuai, Kailin Cai, Zheng Wang and 5 more

Abstract readClinical Trial, Phase II
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Trial report in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Yao LinDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430022, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8131-1999
Xiong SunDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430022, China.
Chengguo LiDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430022, China.
Ming YangDepartment of Pathology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430022, China.
Ke WuDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430022, China.
Ke LiuDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430022, China.
Anshu LiDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430022, China.
Xiaoming ShuaiDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430022, China.
Kailin CaiDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430022, China.
Zheng WangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430022, China.
Guobin WangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430022, China.
Peng ZhangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430022, China.
Jianfeng ShenDepartment of Ophthalmology, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China.
Kaixiong TaoDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430022, China.
Yuping YinDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430022, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4568-8315

Funding

Key Research and Development Program of Hubei Province 2021BCA116Key Research and Development Program of Hubei Province 2024AFB655National Natural Science Foundation of China 82003205National Natural Science Foundation of China 82072736National Natural Science Foundation of China 82373123National Natural Science Foundation of China 82473175
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The potential for immunotherapy in patients with locally advanced gastric cancer (LAGC) is recently confirmed. To report the 3-year follow-up data are aimed from a novel clinical trial. This is a prospective single-arm phase II trial. Patients with LAGC received neoadjuvant tislelizumab plus SOX before surgery. Biopsies are obtained before treatment, and tumor samples post-treatment underwent single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq). Spatial transcriptomics is conducted for validation. Cox regression models and Kaplan-Meier analysis are applied. A total of 49 patients are enrolled, and the median progression-free (PFS) and overall survival (OS) are not achieved. The 3-year PFS and OS rates are 64.1% and 73.2%, respectively. scRNA-seq of 22, 248 cells from tumors from seven patients with LAGC enabled annotation of three cancer-associated fibroblast (CAF) phenotypes. Spatial transcriptomics of gastric cancer samples validate the classification, showing inflammatory CAFs (iCAFs) negatively correlated with immunotherapy efficacy. Patients with LAGC show a favorable prognosis after neoadjuvant tislelizumab plus SOX treatment. CAF heterogeneity is crucial for patients with gastric cancer undergoing immunotherapy, and iCAFs is associated with an immunosuppressive microenvironment during PD-1 blockade with SOX therapy and validated by in vitro experiments. Patients with LAGC with higher iCAF scores are resistant to SOX PD-1 blockade.

Indexed as

AdenocarcinomaAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedCancer-Associated FibroblastsEsophageal NeoplasmsEsophagogastric JunctionStomach NeoplasmsAdultAgedFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoadjuvant TherapyProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorProspective StudiesAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedPDCD1 protein, humanProgrammed Cell Death 1 Receptortislelizumabcancer‐associated fibroblastschemotherapylocally advanced gastric cancerneoadjuvant tislelizumabSOX

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PMID41327861
PMCPMC12903965

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