Back to the future: routine morphological assessment of the tumour microenvironment is prognostic in stage II/III colon cancer in a large population-based study.

In summary, reporting on H&E staining of selected microscopic features of the tumour microenvironment, independently or in combination, offers valuable prognostic information in stage II/III colon cancer, and may allow morphological correlation with developing molecular classifications of prognostic and predictive relevance.