Table 2 Tumour budding in submucosal colorectal cancers and clinicopathological features
| Â | Â | Tumour budding | Â | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | n | Present | Absent | P -value |
Mean age (years)±s.d. | 56 | 61.8±11.0 | 65.9±8.0 | NS |
Gender | ||||
 Male | 41 | 31 | 10 | NS |
 Female | 15 | 11 | 4 |  |
Size (mm)±s.d. | 56 | 21.7±9.3 | 25.9±16.6 | NS |
Histologic type | ||||
 Well | 47 | 35 | 12 | NS |
 Moderately | 8 | 7 | 1 |  |
 Poorly | 1 | 0 | 1 |  |
Lymphatic involvement | ||||
 Absent | 49 | 35 | 14 | 0.12 |
 Present | 7 | 7 | 0 |  |
Lymph nodes metastasis (including ITCs and micrometastasis) | ||||
 Absent | 40 | 26 | 14 | 0.004 |
 Present | 16 | 16 | 0 |  |
Venous involvement | ||||
 Absent | 25 | 20 | 5 | NS |
 Present | 31 | 22 | 9 |  |
