Tissue sections with paired tumor‐adjacent mucosa and tumor tissues of CRC patients [individual cohorts and tissue microarrays (TMAs) (n = 246)], low‐/high‐grade dysplasia (LGD/HGD) and mucosa of healthy donors were used for immunohistochemical quantification of the expression of BMMF replication protein (Rep) and CD68/CD163 (macrophages) by co‐immunofluorescence microscopy and immunohistochemical scoring (TMA). Here, CD163 is linked to colorectal carcinoma.