ReviewJournal of oral biology and craniofacial research
Tumor budding is a prognostic marker for overall survival and not for lymph node metastasis in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma - Systematic Review Update and Meta-Analysis.
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- Accumulating evidence from meta-analyses of prognostic studies on oral cancer: towards biomarker-driven patient selection.BMC cancer · 2024Pooled it
- Preoperative biopsy underestimates tumour budding but retains prognostic value in oral squamous cell carcinoma.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Assessing Tumour Budding in Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Comparative Analysis of Digital Whole-Slide Imaging and Light Microscopy.Pathobiology : journal of immunopathology, molecular and cellular biology · 2026Article
- Tumor budding in preoperative breast biopsies predicts sentinel lymph node metastasis.Biomolecules & biomedicine · 2025Article
- Exosomes carrying lncRNA FLG-AS1 overexpression vectors inhibit the tumorigenesis of oral squamous cell carcinoma via fat mass and obesity-associated protein-mediated m6A modification.Cytotechnology · 2025Article
- Application of Modified ITBCC Criteria of Tumor Budding in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma and its Correlation with Clinicopathological Parameters and Overall Survival.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2025Article
- Role of miRNA‑145‑5p in cancer (Review).Oncology reports · 2025Review
- Tumor Budding and E-Cadherin Loss as Robust Prognostic Markers in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Study in a Turkish Patient Cohort.Canadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Objective: Tumor budding (TB) has shown promising results as a prognostic marker in several cancers such as colorectal carcinoma, breast carcinoma etc. It has been co-related to aggressiveness of the tumor and can also predict the metastasis to the lymph nodes. This systematic review evaluates the prognostic potential of TB in predicting lymph node metastasis (LNM) in OSCC. Data sources: Systematic search was carried out in the electronic data-bases i.e. PubMed, Cochrane and Google scholar for original studies related to TB in OSCC. The assessment of risk bias was done using QUIPS tool. Meta-analysis was done using STATA software. Results: A total of 25 articles were included. A significant association was noted for overall survival and prognosis but not for TB LNM in OSCC. Meta-analysis revealed a pooled estimate i.e odds ratio of 2.10 (CI - 0.00 - 4.20) for TB and LNM while for overall survival, it was 2.29 (CI-1.81-2.76). Conclusion: Tumor budding though is strongly associated with LNM in OSCC did not show significant relationship in this systematic review but demonstrated a higher correlation with overall survival. It highlights that TB is an important parameter for prognosis of oral cancer but its potential in prediction of LNM needs further validation.
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