Table 2.

Number of patients alive after full follow up in high cut-off groups within tumour bud size categories

Patient cohort		Patients alive post follow up
	Tumour buds (1–5 nuc)	Small Buds (1–2 nuc)	Large buds (>5nuc)	Total tumour budding
Dukes A-C cohort	n = 1 (7%)	n =1 (7%)	n = 4 (23%)	n =2 (14%)
Dukes B subpopulation	n = 1 (10%)	n = 1 (10%)	n = 1 (10%)	n = 1 (10%)

The proportion of patients, after the study was complete, who were alive within the high-cut off groups of differing sizes of tumour bud categories. Total tumour budding indicates the sum total of the objects within the tumour buds and large buds categories.