Fig. 4

Comparison of Kaplan-Meier (K-M) survival curves for colorectal cancer (CRC) patients before and after grouping. Comparison of K-M survival curves of overall survival (OS) in CRC patients for the initial N stage and regrouped based on total TD and PLNs(A); Comparison of K-M survival curves of OS in CRC patients for the initial N stage and restaged N stage based on TD + PLNs(B); Comparison of K-M survival curves of disease-free survival (DFS) in CRC patients for the initial N stage and restaged N stage based on TD + PLNs(C); Comparison of K-M survival curves of DFS in CRC patients for the initial N stage and restaged N stage based on TD + PLNs(D)