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Table 1 Distribution of the study population on the basis of nodal positivity and tumor stage.

From: The use of genetic programming in the analysis of quantitative gene expression profiles for identification of nodal status in bladder cancer

Tumor Stage

Training Set

  

Validation Set

  
 

Node positive

Node negative

Total

Node positive

Node negative

Total

Normal controls

 

3

3

 

2

2

pTa

0

3

3

0

7

7

pT1

2

6

8

1

4

5

pT2

0

4

4

0

4

4

pT3

7

5

12

7

3

10

pT4

2

2

4

2

1

3

Grand total

11

23

34

10

21

31

  1. The total cohort of 65 subjects included five normal controls that were classified as node negative. An approximately equal distribution of the subjects was attempted between both sets in all tumor stages and nodal classes to eliminate bias. Tumor and nodal stages was determined according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer recommended TNM system for urinary bladder cancer (2002).