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ReviewCancer metastasis reviews2025

Spatial omics: applications and utility in profiling the tumor microenvironment.

Ji-Eun See, Sarah Barlow, Wani Arjumand, Hannah DuBose, Felipe Segato Dezem, Jasmine Plummer

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Review in Cancer metastasis reviews, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. 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
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  13. Integrating Spatial Proteogenomics in Cancer Research.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Ji-Eun SeeDepartment of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Sarah BarlowCenter for Spatial Omics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Wani ArjumandCenter for Spatial Omics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Hannah DuBoseCenter for Spatial Omics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Felipe Segato DezemCenter for Spatial Omics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Jasmine PlummerCenter for Spatial Omics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA. jasmine.plummer@stjude.org.ORCID 0000-0001-7263-350X

Funding

Chan Zuckerburg foundation OS00001235Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance ECIG-2022-3-1143
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spatial transcriptomics has emerged as a transformative technology in biomedical research, offering unprecedented insights into gene and protein expression within their native tissue context. Unlike conventional bulk or single-cell sequencing approaches, spatial omics has the advantage of preserving the spatial structure of tissues, allowing researchers to directly map molecular information onto histological structures. This review provides an overview of the current state of spatial omics technologies, highlighting their application in cancer research. Spatial omics has enabled detailed characterization of the tumor microenvironment (TME), revealing spatial heterogeneity, immune cell infiltration patterns, and complex mechanisms of tumor progression and therapy resistance across various cancer types. The review covers future directions, including artificial intelligence-driven analytics, improved standardization, and cost reduction to accelerate clinical translation. Ultimately, spatial omics is poised to play a central role in precision oncology, enabling a deeper understanding of tumor biology and informing more effective individualized treatment strategies.

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GenomicsNeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsGene Expression ProfilingHumansProteomicsCancer researchPrecision medicineSpatial transcriptomicsTumor heterogeneityTumor-immune interactionsTumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID41331191
PMCPMC12672822

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