Open AccessTumor budding in invasive breast cancer - An indispensable budding touchstone
Author(s) -
BN Kumarguru,
Anikode Subramanian Ramaswamy,
Shahanuma Shaik,
Aruna Karri,
Venugopal Sandeep Srinivas,
BM Prashant
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_731_18
Subject(s) - tumor budding , budding , breast cancer , pathology , medicine , cancer , lymph node , metastasis , lymph node metastasis , biology , oncology , genetics
Tumor budding denotes a phenomenon in which the tumor cells, singly or in small aggregates, become detached from the neoplastic glands at the invasive front of adenocarcinoma. Tumors with budding cells have a significantly more aggressive clinical course. Significance of tumor budding has mainly been examined in the field of colorectal cancer.