Table 2 Thresholds of the FENSAM (Fascin Ezrin N M Surgery extent ATF3) stages for ESCCa

From: A novel staging model to classify oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients in China

FENSAM stage

Risk score range

No. of patients

I

<0.359

75

II

0.359–0.797

132

III

0.797–1.304

119

IV

>1.304

138

  1. Abbreviation: ESCC=oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
  2. aThe k-means clustering technique was applied to calculate the optimal cutoff points.