Tumor budding outperforms ypT and ypN classification in predicting outcome of rectal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy

Abstract Background Budding is a complementary prognostic factor for colorectal cancer. In this study, we aimed to clarify the role of tumor budding in rectal cancer patients after preoperative chemoradiotherapy. Methods A total of 124 patients with rectal cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiot...

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Main Authors: Iryna Trotsyuk, Halina Sparschuh, Alice Josephine Müller, Konrad Neumann, Martin Kruschewski, David Horst, Sefer Elezkurtaj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-019-6261-5