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Kaplan–Meier estimates of survival comparing patients with and without regional lymph nodal metastases in the total cohort (A, disease-specific survival [DSS]; B, overall survival [OS]) and among patients presenting with distant stage (C, DSS; D, OS). The shading indicates the range of 95% CI for the corresponding survival curve.
