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ArticleThe Journal of pathology2025

Comprehensive characterization of micropapillary colorectal adenocarcinoma.

Ville K Äijälä, Jouni Härkönen, Tuomo Mantere, Hanna Elomaa, Päivi Sirniö, Vesa-Matti Pohjanen, Onni Sirkiä, Henna Karjalainen, Meeri Kastinen, Vilja V Tapiainen and 16 more

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Article in The Journal of pathology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. PTEN status, tumor immune microenvironment, and survival in colorectal cancer.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2026
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  7. Unraveling the Effects and Characteristics of Proliferating Tumor and Cytotoxic T Cells in Colorectal Cancer.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

26 authors.

Ville K ÄijäläTranslational Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.ORCID 0009-0005-7664-8027
Jouni HärkönenDepartment of Pathology, Hospital Nova of Central Finland, Well Being Services County of Central Finland, Jyväskylä, Finland.
Tuomo MantereLaboratory of Cancer Genetics and Tumor Biology, Translational Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu and Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Hanna ElomaaDepartment of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
Päivi SirniöTranslational Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Vesa-Matti PohjanenTranslational Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Onni SirkiäDepartment of Pathology, Hospital Nova of Central Finland, Well Being Services County of Central Finland, Jyväskylä, Finland.
Henna KarjalainenTranslational Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Meeri KastinenTranslational Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Vilja V TapiainenTranslational Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Sara A VäyrynenDepartment of Internal Medicine, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.
Petri PölönenDepartment of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Maarit AhtiainenDepartment of Pathology, Hospital Nova of Central Finland, Well Being Services County of Central Finland, Jyväskylä, Finland.
Olli HelminenTranslational Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Erkki-Ville WirtaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
Jukka RintalaTranslational Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Sanna MeriläinenTranslational Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Juha SaarnioTranslational Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Tero RautioTranslational Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Katri PylkäsLaboratory of Cancer Genetics and Tumor Biology, Translational Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu and Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Toni T SeppäläDepartment of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-4940-3498
Jan BöhmDepartment of Pathology, Hospital Nova of Central Finland, Well Being Services County of Central Finland, Jyväskylä, Finland.
Jukka-Pekka MecklinDepartment of Education and Research, Well Being Services County of Central Finland, Jyväskylä, Finland.
Anne TuomistoTranslational Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Markus J MäkinenTranslational Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Juha P VäyrynenTranslational Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-8683-2996

Funding

Cancer Society of Northern FinlandFinnish State Research FundingSigrid Juséliuksen Säätiö 230229Suomen Lääketieteen Säätiö 6021Syöpäsäätiö 59-5619
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Micropapillary colorectal adenocarcinoma is a morphologic subtype of colorectal cancer (CRC) with insufficiently characterized prognostic significance and biological features. We analyzed the histopathological, immunological, and prognostic features of micropapillary adenocarcinoma in two independent CRC cohorts (N = 1,876). We found that micropapillary adenocarcinomas accounted for 4.9% and 6.4% of CRCs in the two cohorts. A micropapillary growth pattern was associated with advanced stage and lymphovascular invasion (p < 0.001), but also with shorter overall survival independent of these factors and other prognostic parameters (Cohort 1: hazard ratio [HR] 1.76, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.08-2.87; Cohort 2: HR 1.47, 95% CI 1.08-2.00). Multiplex immunohistochemistry and machine learning-assisted image analysis showed that the micropapillary growth pattern was associated with decreased CD3

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Adenocarcinoma, PapillaryBiomarkers, TumorColorectal NeoplasmsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMutationPrognosisBiomarkers, Tumorbioinformaticscolorectal cancerepithelial‐mesenchymal transitionimmunologymicropapillarymultiplex immunohistochemistryoptical genome mappingprognosis

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PMID39917902
PMCPMC11880967

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