Table 2 Prognostic and predictive value of tumour budding in non-CRC gastrointestinal cancers.

From: Tumour budding and its clinical implications in gastrointestinal cancers

 

Reference

Year

Ethnicity

Design

Stage

Size

Cut-off*

Systemic therapy

Outcome

Prognostic value

Predictive value

Oesophageal cancer

 AC

Thies et al.6

2016

Caucasian

Retrospective

I–IV

200

5

n.a.

High versus low ITB associated with shorter OS (P = 0.029)

Yes

No

 

Landau et al.75

2014

n.a.

Retrospective

I

210

3

n.a.

High versus low TB 5-y OS: 37% versus 71% (P < 0.0001)

Yes

No

 SCC

Jesinghaus et al.68

2017

Caucasian

Retrospective

I–IV

135

15

n.a.

High versus low versus no TB mean OS: 39.1 versus 64.7 versus 140.8 months (P < 0.001)

Yes

No

 

Niwa et al.70

2014

Asian

Retrospective

I–IV

78

3

n.a.

High versus low TB 5-y OS: 25.9% versus 75.1%, HR 5.33, 95% CI, 2.55–12.5, (P < 0.0001)

Yes

No

 

Teramoto et al.67

2013

Asian

Retrospective

I, II, IV

79

3

n.a.

High versus low TB 3-y OS: 48.8% versus 94.5% (P < 0.001)

Yes

No

 

Ito et al.71

2012

Asian

Retrospective

I–III

87

5

n.a.

Pos. versus neg. TB associated with shorter OS (P = 0.006)

Yes

No

 

Nakanishi et al.72

2011

Asian

Retrospective

I–IV

82

5

n.a.

High versus low TB mOS: 31 versus 113 months (P = 0.0002)

Yes

No

 

Miyata et al.21

2009

Asian

Retrospective

I–IV

74

5

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with cisplatin, doxorubicin and 5-Fu

High versus low TB 5-y OS: 17% versus 49% (P < 0.001)

Yes

Unclear, validation needed

 

Koike et al.66

2008

Asian

Retrospective

I–IV

136

5

n.a.

High versus low TB 5-y OS: 35.4% versus 81.3% (P < 0.001)

Yes

No

 

Roh et al.65

2004

Asian

Retrospective

I–III

56

5

n.a.

High versus low TB 3-y OS: 30.7% versus 72.3% (P = 0.04)

Yes

No

Gastric cancer

 AC

Kemi et al.76

2019

Caucasian

Retrospective

I–IV

583

10

n.a.

High versus low TB 5-y OS: 23% versus 41%, HR 1.46, 95% CI 1.22–1.75 (P < 0.001)

Yes

No

 

Che et al.99

2017

Asian

Retrospective

I–IV

296

5

n.a.

High versus low TB associated with shorter OS HR 2.260, 95% CI 1.617–3.159, (P < 0.001)

Yes

No

 

Tanaka et al.100

2014

Asian

Retrospective

I–IV

153

10

n.a.

High versus low TB associated with shorter OS HR 1.61, 95% CI 1.12–2.41, (P = 0.0104)

Yes

No

 

Gabbert et al.101

1992

Caucasian

Retrospective

I–IV

445

5

n.a.

High versus low TB mOS 15 versus 31 months (P < 0.0001)

Yes

No

Cholangiocarcinoma

 

Tanaka et al.10

2019

Asian

Retrospective

I–IV

201

5

n.a.

Pos. versus neg. TB ICC: mOS 18.9 versus 106 months, HR 4.21, 95% CI 2.45–7.23 (P < 0.001) PHCC: HR 3.46, 95% CI 1.57–7.62 (P = 0.002) ECC: HR 3.07, 95% CI 1.0–9.45 (P = 0.050)

Yes

No

 

Ogino et al.83

2019

Asian

Retrospective

I–IV

310

DCC: 5 PHCC: 0–4, 5–11, ≥12

No chemotherapy

DCC: high versus low TB mOS: 40 versus 169 months (P < 0.001) PHCC: high versus intermediate versus low mOS: 38 versus 58 versus 142 months (P < 0.001)

Yes

No

 

Okubo et al.84

2018

Asian

Retrospective

I–IV

299

5

n.a.

Pos. versus neg. TB mOS: 18.5 versus 55.1 months HR 2.14, 95% CI 1.25–3.68 (P < 0.01)

Yes

No

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas

 

Lohneis et al.91

2018

Caucasian

Retrospective

I–III

162

n.a.

Gemcitabine versus observation

High versus low TB OS: HR 1.040, 95% CI 1.019–1.061 (P < 0.001)

Yes

Unclear, validation needed

 

Kohler et al.102

2015

Caucasian

Retrospective

I–IV

108

10

n.a.

High TB not associated with long-term survival (P = 0.073)

Yes

No

 

O’Connor et al.103

2015

Caucasian

Retrospective

I–III

192

10

n.a.

High versus low TB mDSS 1.24 versus 1.42 years (P = 0.302) TB+ versus TB–associated with shorter mDSS (P = 0.0003)

Yes

No

 

Karamitopoulou et al.104

2013

Caucasian

Retrospective

I–IV

117

10

n.a.

High versus low TB associated with decreased OS (P < 0.0001)

Yes

No

  1. OS overall survival, CI confidence interval, HR hazard ratio, PHCC perihilar cholangiocarcinoma, ECC extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, DCC distal cholangiocarcinoma.
  2. *Number of tumour buds; information about chemotherapeutic drugs; TB, tumour budding.