Table 1.
REMARK type profile.
Fig 1.
Kaplan-Meier estimates of survival probabilities for prognostic groups defined by the Nottingham Prognostic Index.
Top NPI(3)– 3 groups, below NPI(6)– 6 groups.
Table 2.
Survival rates after 5, 10 and 15 years for the categories from NPI(3).
Table 3.
Hazard ratios and discriminative ability of NPI.
Fig 2.
Log-log plot to check the proportional hazards assumption of the Cox-model for three prognostic groups according to NPI(3).
Table 4.
Estimated effects of NPI components.
Fig 3.
Functional form for no. of positive nodes for two models.
Predictor for univariable analysis of no. of positive lymph nodes derived by two Cox models assuming a linear effect (dashed line) or the significant improvement from the class of FP models (solid line).
Table 5.
Estimated effects of additional variables.
Fig 4.
Kaplan-Meier curve for combinations of NPI(3) and hormone receptor.
NPI groups are defined as 1: NPI<3.4; 2: 3.4≤NPI≤5.4; 3: NPI>5.4.
Table 6.
MFP model.
Table 7.
Summary of ‘major’ models and corresponding measures of separation.