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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 14, 2011; 17(46): 5123-5130
Published online Dec 14, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i46.5123
Table 3 Comparison of the performance of the 6th and 7th edition International Union Against Cancer node staging systems and the metastatic lymph node ratio staging system
ClassificationSubgroupsLinear trendχ2Likelihood ratioχ2AIC
6th ed UICC N stagingN 0, 1, 2, 3117.751141.5177364.073
7th ed UICC N stagingN 0, 1, 2, 3138.342146.7967325.731
MLNR stagingMLNR 0, 1, 2, 3203.476219.9127240.017