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A Common Misuse of Stepwise Regression in Studies of Ratio of Metastatic Lymph Nodes for Gastric Cancer

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  1. Department of Oncology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 64 Hetian Road, 200070, Shanghai, China

    Xi Wang MD & Jie-Jun Wang MD, PhD

  2. Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Fei Wan MS

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Xi Wang and Fei Wan contributed equally to this work.

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Wang, X., Wan, F. & Wang, JJ. A Common Misuse of Stepwise Regression in Studies of Ratio of Metastatic Lymph Nodes for Gastric Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 15, 1805–1806 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-008-9908-z

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