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(a) Histogram of lymph node ratio (X-axis) vs. number of patients (Y-axis) in the cohort. (b) A plot of lymph node ratio, modelled using restricted cubic splines, against adjusted hazard of mortality (Y-axis). The grey region represents the bounds of the 95% confidence interval
