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The relationship between tumor budding and survival in colorectal carcinomas
Songul Peltek Ozer1, Saime Gul Barut2, Bahri Ozer3
1. Abant İzzet Baysal University Hospital, Department of Pathology, Bolu, Turkey.
Objective:
Tumor budding is a parameter that is increasingly understood in colorectal carcinomas. We aimed to investigate the relationship between tumor budding, prognostic factors, and survival.
Methods:
A total of 185 patients who had undergone colorectal surgery were observed. Tumor budding, the tumor budding score, and the relationship between these and prognostic factors, and survival investigated.
Results:
Tumor budding was found in 91 (49.2%) cases. The relationship between the tumor budding score and histological grade, lymphovascular invasion, perineural invasion, pathological lymph node stage, and mortality rates were significant.
Conclusion:
In our study, the relationship between tumor budding and survival is very strong. Considering these findings and the literature, the prognostic significance of tumor budding becomes clear and should be stated in pathology reports.
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