Table 3. Composition of LNR staging with the conventional N staging.

LNR stage		No. of patients	N stage	No. of patients
0	LNR = 0	364	N0	364
1	0 < LNR ≤ 0.1	128	N1	106
			N2	21
			N3	1
2	0.1 < LNR ≤ 0.6	103	N1	2
			N2	37
			N3	64
3	0.6 < LNR ≤ 1.0	10	N2	1
			N3	9

LNR = lymph node ratio.