AUTHOR=Su Yi , Zhang Xin , Deng Wei 

TITLE=Immunotherapy in conversion therapy for gastric cancer: current status, progress, and challenges

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Oncology

VOLUME=Volume 15 - 2025

YEAR=2025

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/oncology/articles/10.3389/fonc.2025.1637657

DOI=10.3389/fonc.2025.1637657

ISSN=2234-943X

ABSTRACT=Gastric cancer remains a global health burden due to its late diagnosis and poor prognosis. Conversion therapy aims to make the initially unresectable tumor resectable through systemic treatment, providing the opportunity for long-term survival. The rise of immunotherapy has brought new potential to this field. Immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy, anti-angiogenic drugs or chemoradiotherapy has shown good efficacy in specific patients. This review summarizes the current evidence of conversion strategies based on immunotherapy, emphasizes key biomarkers, and explores the future direction of precise, multi-modal treatment.