[Retracted] A Novel Prognostic Stratified System Based on Tumor Budding and the Cell Nest Size in Ureter Urothelial Carcinoma

Table 1

Correlation of tumor budding, cell nest size, and TBNS system with clinicopathological parameters in ureter urothelial carcinoma.

	Tumor budding				Cell nest size					TBNS grade
	Without	Low	High		>15 cells	5–15 cells	2–4 cells	Single cell		G1	G2	G3
	60	19	8		32	17	30	8		49	30	8
Age				0.584					0.888				0.731
≤median	33	9	3		17	9	16	3		26	16	3
>median	27	10	5		15	8	14	5		23	14	5
Sex				0.677					0.973				0.797
Male	37	14	5		20	11	19	6		30	20	6
Female	23	5	3		12	6	11	2		19	10	2
Side				1.000					0.593				0.300
Left	33	11	4		15	9	19	5		24	20	4
Right	27	8	4		17	8	11	3		25	10	4
Size				0.498					0.556				0.946
≤median	38	9	5		18	12	16	6		30	17	5
>median	22	10	3		14	5	14	2		19	13	3
Number				1.000					0.544				0.515
Single	50	16	7		26	13	26	8		39	27	7
Multiple	10	3	1		6	4	4	0		10	3	1
WHO grade				0.052					0.053				0.037
Low	12	0	0		8	3	1	0		11	1	0
High	48	19	8		24	14	29	8		38	29	8
LVI				0.025					0.139				0.058
0	47	11	3		24	14	20	3		38	20	3
1	13	8	5		8	3	10	5		11	10	5
PNI				0.042					0.078				0.045
0	47	12	3		25	15	18	4		39	20	3
1	13	7	5		7	2	12	4		10	10	5
pT				<0.001					<0.001				<0.001
1	21	2	0		14	7	2	0		21	2	0
2	23	7	3		12	7	10	4		19	11	3
3	16	10	1		6	3	17	1		9	17	1
4	0	0	4		0	0	1	3		0	0	4
Stage				0.001					<0.001				<0.001
I	21	2	0		14	7	2	0		21	2	0
II	21	7	3		12	6	9	4		18	10	3
III	14	8	0		5	4	13	0		9	13	0
IV	4	2	5		1	0	6	4		1	5	5