| Training cohort | Validation cohort | ||||
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Index | Estimate | 95%CI | p value | Estimate | 95%CI | p value |
NRI (vs. the AJCC staging) | ||||||
 For 12-month OS | 0.305 | 0.248–0.357 |  | 0.212 | 0.155–0.332 |  |
 For 24-month OS | 0.227 | 0.172–0.284 |  | 0.163 | 0.104–0.258 |  |
 For 36-month OS | 0.057 | 0.003–0.108 |  | 0.087 | 0.024–0.232 |  |
 For 60-month OS | 0.132 | 0.085–0.197 |  | 0.186 | 0.089–0.263 |  |
IDI (vs. the AJCC staging) | ||||||
 For 12-month OS | 0.05 |  | p < 0.001 | 0.044 |  | p < 0.001 |
 For 24-month OS | 0.063 |  | p < 0.001 | 0.059 |  | p < 0.001 |
 For 36-month OS | 0.056 |  | p < 0.001 | 0.055 |  | p < 0.001 |
 For 60-month OS | 0.045 |  | p < 0.001 | 0.046 |  | p < 0.001 |
C-index | ||||||
 The nomogram | 0.676 | 0.665–0.687 |  | 0.667 | 0.649–0.684 |  |
 The AJCC staging | 0.581 | 0.570–0.591 |  | 0.566 | 0.548–0.584 |  |
 Change | 0.095 |  | p < 0.001 | 0.101 |  | p < 0.001 |