STAT3 and gastric cancer: There are conclusive research findings suggesting that Sch B is capable of suppressing the proliferation, migration and invasion of gastric cancer cells both in vitro and in vivo, inducing autophagy of gastric cancer cells by restraining the phosphorylation of STAT3; and it can enhance the therapeutic efficacy of the chemotherapy drug 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) (He et al., 2022).