The relationship between tumour budding, the tumour microenvironment and survival in patients with primary operable colorectal cancer

Tumour budding has been reported to reflect invasiveness, metastasis and unfavourable prognosis in colorectal cancer. The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between tumour budding and clinicopathological characteristics, tumour microenvironment and survival in patients with primary operable colorectal cancer. A total of 303 patients from a prospective data set of patients with primary operable colorectal cancer were included in the...