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While its prognostic value is well established in colorectal carcinoma, its significance in gastric adenocarcinoma remains less clearly defined because of marked morphologic heterogeneity, variable growth patterns, and the absence of gastric-specific assessment criteria. Multiple studies have associated high budding density with adverse clinicopathologic features, including lymph node metastasis, lymphovascular invasion, advanced tumor stage, and poorer survival, particularly in intestinal-type tumors. However, these associations are more difficult to interpret in diffuse-type and mixed carcinomas, where intrinsic discohesion and architectural variability complicate the distinction between true budding and baseline growth patterns. Beyond prognostic assessment, tumor budding has been linked to localized alterations in cell adhesion, cytoskeletal organization, tumor\u2013stroma interaction, and partial epithelial\u2013mesenchymal transition. 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