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Tumour budding in head and neck cancer: what have we learnt and the next steps towards clinical implementation

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Fig. 1: Tumour budding in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas.

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  1. Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 21, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland

    Alhadi Almangush

  2. Institute of Biomedicine, Pathology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

    Alhadi Almangush

  3. Research Program in Systems Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Alhadi Almangush & Antti A. Mäkitie

  4. Faculty of Dentistry, Misurata University, Misurata, Libya

    Alhadi Almangush

  5. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, P.O. Box 263, FI-00029 HUS, Helsinki, Finland

    Antti A. Mäkitie

  6. Division of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, Department of Clinical Sciences, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

    Antti A. Mäkitie

  7. Institute of Biomedicine, Pathology, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10 D 5035, 20520, Turku, Finland

    Ilmo Leivo

  8. Turku University Central Hospital, 20521, Turku, Finland

    Ilmo Leivo

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Almangush, A., Mäkitie, A.A. & Leivo, I. Tumour budding in head and neck cancer: what have we learnt and the next steps towards clinical implementation. Br J Cancer 130, 1–2 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-023-02531-4

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