Molecular CancerPub Date : 2026-04-25DOI: 10.1186/s12943-026-02655-0
Valentin P Shichkin,Ahsen Morva,Vijay K Ulaganathan,Nuray Erin,Cristina Nativi,Simona Kranjc Brezar,Sweta Rani
{"title":"Breast cancer immunotherapy: mechanisms of immune evasion, biomarkers, and emerging therapeutic strategies.","authors":"Valentin P Shichkin,Ahsen Morva,Vijay K Ulaganathan,Nuray Erin,Cristina Nativi,Simona Kranjc Brezar,Sweta Rani","doi":"10.1186/s12943-026-02655-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12943-026-02655-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19000,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Cancer","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":37.3,"publicationDate":"2026-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147743847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Molecular CancerPub Date : 2026-04-16DOI: 10.1186/s12943-026-02662-1
Hongquan Wang, Joshua S Fleishman, Sihang Cheng, Weixue Wang, Fan Wu, Yumin Wang, Yu Wang
{"title":"Retraction Note: Epigenetic modification of ferroptosis by non-coding RNAs in cancer drug resistance.","authors":"Hongquan Wang, Joshua S Fleishman, Sihang Cheng, Weixue Wang, Fan Wu, Yumin Wang, Yu Wang","doi":"10.1186/s12943-026-02662-1","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12943-026-02662-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19000,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Cancer","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":33.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13085254/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147691041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The evolving role of OMICS in gastrointestinal tumor biology and clinical practice.","authors":"Qing Li,Junfeng Zhang,Junli Chen,Qiang Zhang,Ruihan Liu,Jialin Zhu,Yi Qing,Xi Wei,Jianpeng Sheng","doi":"10.1186/s12943-026-02658-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12943-026-02658-x","url":null,"abstract":"Due to late diagnosis, high molecular diversity, and limited response to therapeutic intervention, gastrointestinal (GI) cancers result in a considerable number of cancer-related deaths. Classic clinicopathological classification and single omics analysis fail to adequately convey the extensive biological complexity related to progression of disease, developed therapy resistance and recurrence of the disease. As a result, the recent introduction of integrated multi-omics including genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics and spatial profiling as well as the emerging use of liquid biopsy is substantially reshaping our understanding of and clinical approach to GI cancers. This review summarizes developments to illustrate how the incorporation of multi-omics across GI tumors offers a better understanding of GI cancers and providing more precise and less costly ways to detect disease earlier, develop molecular subtypes of the tumors with greater accuracy for the purpose of developing an individualized risk stratification system for patients. Furthermore, the article will discuss the growing use of minimal residual disease monitoring and the use of ctDNA in guiding a patient's post-operative surveillance and treatment decision-making process. In addition, this review focuses on the value of using multi-omics-based knowledge of a tumor's microenvironment to better predict how effective immunotherapy will be and support the effective combination of drugs for the treatment of GI cancers and how targeted therapy will broaden the clinical practice landscape for developing therapeutics containing new vulnerable targets. Finally, the review provides an overview of current barriers to the implementation of multi-omics and point out to future opportunities. Collectively, emerging omics data suggest a meaningful shift toward precision oncology in gastrointestinal cancers, though widespread clinical implementation remains an active area of investigation.","PeriodicalId":19000,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Cancer","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":37.3,"publicationDate":"2026-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147695060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Molecular CancerPub Date : 2026-04-14DOI: 10.1186/s12943-026-02663-0
Yubo Niu,Shuangli Zhu,Kai Fu,Yongtong Lai,Can Pan,Yan Yang,Sijia Li,Xueping Wang,Kenneth Kin Wah To,Fang Wang,Liwu Fu
{"title":"Immunogenic cell death as a cornerstone for combination therapies with immune checkpoint blockade.","authors":"Yubo Niu,Shuangli Zhu,Kai Fu,Yongtong Lai,Can Pan,Yan Yang,Sijia Li,Xueping Wang,Kenneth Kin Wah To,Fang Wang,Liwu Fu","doi":"10.1186/s12943-026-02663-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12943-026-02663-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19000,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Cancer","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":37.3,"publicationDate":"2026-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147680612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Smart hydrogels for overcoming cancer multidrug resistance.","authors":"Yong Wang,Baoyan Liu,Zou-Fang Huang,Harsh Patel,Jinming Yu,Man Hu,Zhe-Sheng Chen","doi":"10.1186/s12943-026-02660-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12943-026-02660-3","url":null,"abstract":"Multidrug resistance (MDR) remains the principal impediment to curative oncology, driven by complex interplays between cancer cells and the tumor microenvironment (TME). While nanomedicines have sought to overcome these delivery barriers, their clinical translation is often hampered by the heterogeneity of the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect and by inefficient intratumoral delivery. In this review, we argue that overcoming MDR requires a transition beyond traditional passive drug delivery, advocating active, localized remodeling of the tumor ecosystem. Next-generation injectable hydrogels are increasingly recognized as localized viscoelastic niches that combine controlled intratumoral retention with the capacity to actively modulate biological responses within tumor TME. By converging principles of mechanobiology and immunometabolism, these hydrogels enable a multi-tiered strategy to dismantle multidimensional MDR. This approach begins with the biomechanical softening of the extracellular matrix to decouple mechanotransduction driven by Yes-associated protein (YAP) and transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif (TAZ), followed by the metabolic disruption of hypoxia-driven bioenergetics. Beyond the extracellular landscape, nanogel-enabled trafficking allows payloads to circumvent intracellular sequestration and efflux transporters, while immunomodulatory niches mobilize antitumor immunity through in situ vaccination and myeloid reprogramming. Finally, we evaluate the integration of artificial intelligence-driven design and patient-derived organoids as a technical bridge to reconcile laboratory ingenuity with clinical utility, aiming to transform the TME into a vulnerable therapeutic target.","PeriodicalId":19000,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Cancer","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":37.3,"publicationDate":"2026-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147648863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}