ReviewGastro hep advances2025
Tumor Budding as a Risk Factor for Lymph Node Metastasis and Local Recurrence in pT1 Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Review in Gastro hep advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Clinicopathological features and risk stratification for lymph node metastasis in early-stage colorectal cancer (from intramucosal carcinoma to SM2): a large-scale retrospective study based on a Chinese population.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2026Article
- Comparison of Traction and Pocket Creation Methods for Facilitating Colorectal Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2026Article
- Interobserver variability of histopathological assessment in pT1 colorectal carcinoma.Histopathology · 2026Article
- Exploratory analysis of tumor budding density in resected synchronous and metachronous colorectal liver metastases.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background and Aims: Implementation of population screening programs resulted in an increase in early colorectal cancer (CRC, pT1). For these small CRC, endoscopic local resection is the preferred treatment. However, the presence of lymph node metastasis (LNM) and risk of local recurrence might require additional surgery. Tumor budding (TB) is a well-known biomarker for adverse outcomes in pT1 CRC. This study aims to further explore the relationship between TB and in pT1 CRC and to clarify the relationship between TB and local recurrence, to provide more strategies for the selection of surgical treatment. Methods: A systematic review was conducted using the MEDLINE and EMBASE databases to investigate the relationship between TB and LNM and local recurrence in pT1 CRC. Meta-analysis based on a random-effects model was performed to evaluate the relationship between TB and these 2 factors. Results: A total of 57 observational studies were included in the meta-analysis, with a total of 24,956 patients. High-grade TB was significantly associated with both LNM (risk ratio (RR) = 4.04, 95% confidence interval (CI), 3.52-4.64, I Conclusion: Our findings confirm that TB is a strong predictor of local recurrence, but in particular of LNM in pT1 CRC and offers effective guidance for selecting further surgical treatment strategies.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.