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‹ Thu · 16 Jul 2026
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Plasma proteomic and metabolomic profiling reveals molecular features relevant to neoadjuvant therapy response in locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

A blood protein may predict who won't respond to immune-boosting cancer treatment, helping doctors adjust therapy earlier.

Longitudinal plasma multi-omics in ESCC identified DEFA1 as a validated negative predictor of pathological complete response after neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy, mechanistically linked to MDSC-mediated immune suppression. This record was retained from the prior triage attempt for PubMed pipeline handoff.

What the study was

Study design
prospective longitudinal cohort with independent validation (n=40 discovery, n=93 validation, n=33 mechanistic)
Category
precision_oncology
Maturity
Validated
Journal
Mol Cancer

Why it surfaced

Molecular Cancer publication with multi-cohort validation of DEFA1 as an actionable predictive biomarker and mechanistic target for overcoming immunotherapy resistance in ESCC.

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