Fig. 3From: Combination of extramural venous invasion and lateral lymph node size detected with magnetic resonance imaging is a reliable biomarker for lateral lymph node metastasis in patients with rectal cancerROC analysis of the short axis of LLN for the risk of LLN metastasis. ROC analysis of the short axis of LLN is depicted. The cut-off value of the short axis was 5 mm, which yielded a sensitivity of 89% and a specificity of 82%. The value of AUC for the risk of malignancy was 0.86Back to article page