Fig. 5

Nomogram predicting the overall survival (A) and disease-free survival (B) of patients with resected esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve for 3- and 5-year overall survival (C) and disease-free survival (D) Calibration curves show good consistency in the probabilities of 3- and 5-year overall survival (E) and disease-free survival (F) between the nomogram predictions and the actual observations. Decision curve analysis comparing the OS (G) and DFS (H) of the nomogram with tumor differentiation, TNM stage, and MAI alone, based on the threshold probability