Figure 1.
Kaplan‐Meier survival curves of the different staging systems for patients after neoadjuvant therapy. (A): The AJCC 8th edition ypTNM staging system in the development cohort. (B): The modified ypTNM staging system in the development cohort. (C): The AJCC 8th edition ypTNM staging system in the validation cohort. (D): The modified ypTNM staging system in the validation cohort. Abbreviations: AJCC 8th, American Joint Committee on Cancer 8th edition; OS, overall survival.