Evaluation of the usefulness of tumor budding on the prediction of metastasis to the lung and liver after curative excision of colorectal cancer.

Abstract

Tumor budding in the invasive front of the lesion was considered to be a simple and useful pathohistological factor for the prediction of metastasis to the lung in patients with colorectal cancer after curative excision. It was suggested that this factor is important for the prediction of metastasis to the lung after surgery and for the planning of treatment methods.