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ArticleCancers2024

New Tumor Budding Evaluation in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas.

Claudio Cacchi, Henrike J Fischer, Kai Wermker, Ashkan Rashad, Danny D Jonigk, Frank Hölzle, Maurice Klein

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Article in Cancers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Claudio CacchiInstitute of Pathology, School of Medicine, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
Henrike J FischerInstitute of Immunology, School of Medicine, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
Kai WermkerDepartment of Oral and Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Klinikum Osnabrück GmbH, Am Finkenhügel 1, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany.
Ashkan RashadDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Medicine, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3743-8658
Danny D JonigkInstitute of Pathology, School of Medicine, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5251-2281
Frank HölzleDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Medicine, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
Maurice KleinDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Medicine, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0569-645X
RWTH Aachen University · DEGerman Center for Lung Research · DEKlinikum Osnabrück · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTumor budding (TB) is a histomorphological characteristic of the tumor invasion front and it has an impact on the tumor outcome prediction for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) aetiopathology. PATIENTS AND

methodsThe average TB score (TB rel) of all tumor-positive marginal sections (n = 443) in the primary tumor was analyzed in the FFPE-fixed tumor slices of 66 patients with HNSCC, and they were compared with cryo-fixed sections.

resultsTB rel correlates with tumor aggressiveness (i.e., lymph node metastasis quantity, lymph node ratio, extra capsular growth, Pn1, pV1, grading). The TB scores often vary between the different tumor margins of FFPE sections in the same patient, and in many cases, they differ depending on the fixation method.

conclusionOur data show that a randomly selected marginal cut cannot reliably mirror the TB score, and thus, they cannot predict the prognostic outcome. However, TB rel could be a tool that compensates for differences in TB score analysis. TB score determination in cryo sections seems to be inaccurate compared with TB determination in FFPE.

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cancerHNSCCoral cancertumortumor buddingtumor marker

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PMID38339338
PMCPMC10854693
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