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ArticleUpsala journal of medical sciences2025

Tumor-stroma ratio in colitis-associated colorectal cancer.

Kajsa Björner, Miklos Gulyas, Per M Hellström, Dominic-Luc Webb

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Kajsa BjörnerDepartment of Medical Sciences, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Section, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Miklos GulyasDepartment of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Per M HellströmDepartment of Medical Sciences, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Section, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Dominic-Luc WebbDepartment of Medical Sciences, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Section, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

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Abstract

High stroma content, as measured by tumor-stroma ratio (TSR), is generally a negative prognostic parameter for epithelial cancers, including sporadic colorectal cancer (sCRC). Inflammatory bowel disease patients have higher risk for colorectal cancer than the background population. Evidence suggests that this colitis-associated colorectal cancer (CAC) is more aggressive and occurs at younger age than sCRC. CAC also differs from sCRC in oncogenesis and prognosis. This study tests the hypothesis that TSR in CAC tumors correlates with survival. Age at CAC diagnosis relative to TSR was also explored. TSR was quantified in 36 CAC cases. In routine hematoxylin-eosin staining, the amount of stroma was estimated in categorical steps of 10% increments per image field. The area with highest amount of stroma and tumor tissue at all quadrants of the visual field boundary was scored for TSR. For statistical analysis, tumors were divided into stroma-high (> 50%) or stroma-low (≤ 50%). Of all cases, 22 were stroma-high and 14 were stroma-low. Five-year survival in the stroma-high group was 32% (

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ColitisColitis-Associated NeoplasmsColorectal NeoplasmsStromal CellsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrognosiscolitis-associated colorectal cancercolorectal cancerinflammatory bowel diseaseoncogenesistumor biologyTumor microenvironment

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PMCPMC12771069

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