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Publication Name World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Manuscript ID 113530
Country China
Received
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ISSN 1948-9366 (online)
Open Access This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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Category Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type Retrospective Cohort Study
Article Title Spatial immune cell architecture after gastric cancer surgery predicts prognosis
Manuscript Source Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List Heng-Jin Yang and Ben Liu
ORCID
Author(s) ORCID Number
Ben Liu http://orcid.org/0009-0004-0307-714X
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author Ben Liu, Department of Oncology, Shuyang County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 28 Middle Shanghai Road, Shucheng Street, Suqian 223600, Jiangsu Province, China. liuben5723@163.com
Key Words Correlation analysis; Immune cell infiltration; Tumor microenvironment; Gastric cancer; Over survival
Core Tip This retrospective cohort study evaluated spatial distribution patterns of immune cells in the tumor microenvironment after radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer using multiplex immunohistochemistry. High CD8+ T-cell density at the invasive margin, a CD8+/forkhead box protein 3+ ratio > 2.5, and low programmed death ligand 1+ tumor cell proportion were independent predictors of favorable survival. An immune prognostic score integrating these features achieved high accuracy in predicting 5-year overall survival. These findings highlight the prognostic value of immune cell spatial profiling and may guide individualized postoperative immunotherapy strategies.
Publish Date 2026-02-26 10:19
Citation

Yang HJ, Liu B. Spatial immune cell architecture after gastric cancer surgery predicts prognosis. World J Gastrointest Surg 2026; 18(2): 113530

URL https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9366/full/v18/i2/113530.htm
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.4240/wjgs.v18.i2.113530
Full Article (PDF) WJGS-18-113530-with-cover.pdf
STROBE Statement 113530-STROBE-statement.pdf
Manuscript File 113530_Auto_Edited_061155.docx
Answering Reviewers 113530-answering-reviewers.pdf
Audio Core Tip 113530-audio.mp3
Biostatistics Review Certificate 113530-biostatistics-statement.pdf
Conflict-of-Interest Disclosure Form 113530-conflict-of-interest-statement.pdf
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Non-Native Speakers of English Editing Certificate 113530-non-native-speakers.pdf
Peer-review Report 113530-peer-reviews.pdf
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Scientific Editor Work List 113530-scientific-editor-work-list.pdf
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