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Table 5 TNM relevant tabular data, manual expert TNM classification (subscript P), and ontology-based automatic TNM classification (subscript O)

From: TNM-O: ontology support for staging of malignant tumours

Invasion of

rLN

tp rLN

TD/ Sat.

dMT

ip dMT

TP

NP

MP

TO

NO

MO

Subserosa

31

0

no

0

no

pT3

pN0

M0

pT3

pN0

M0

Muscular layer

13

0

no

0

no

pT2

pN0

M0

pT2

pN0

M0

Subserosa

19

0

no

0

no

pT3

pN0

M0

pT3

pN0

M0

Submucosa

18

0

no

0

no

pT1

pN0

M0

pT1

pN0

M0

Muscular layer

11

0

no

0

no

pT2

pN0

M0

pT2

pN0

M0

Visc. peritoneum

19

2

no

0

no

pT4a

pN1b

M0

pT4a

pN1b

M0

Subserosa

20

0

yes

0

no

pT3

pN1c

M0

pT3

pN1c

M0

Subserosa

14

2

no

0

no

pT3

pN1b

M0

pT3

pN1b

M0

Muscular layer

14

0

no

0

no

pT2

pN0

M0

pT2

pN0

M0

Subserosa

24

4

no

0

no

pT3

pN2a

M0

pT3

pN2a

M0

Other

16

6

no

0

no

pT4b

pN2a

M0

pT4b

pN2a

M0

Subserosa

17

0

no

0

no

pT3

pN0

M0

pT3

pN0

M0

Visc. peritoneum

40

29

no

0

no

pT4a

pN2b

M0

pT4a

pN2b

M0

Subserosa

15

0

no

0

no

pT3

pN0

M0

pT3

pN0

M0

Visc. peritoneum

24

15

no

1

no

pT4a

pN2b

M1a

pT4a

pN2b

M1a

  1. rLN: Number of regional lymph nodes inspected; tp rLN: Number of tumour-positive regional lymph nodes, TD/ Sat.: Tumour deposits/ satellites; MT: Number of distant metastases; ip MT: Intra-peritoneal metastases