VEGFA and gastric cancer: Moreover, the nomogram integrating RS, M stage, and tumor location exhibited higher positive accuracy in predicting the VEGF status of GC compared with individual factors, with an AUC of 0.861 (95% CI, 0.791–0.915) in the training cohort (Figure S2a [http://links.lww.com/CTG/B238] and Table S5 [http://links.lww.com/CTG/B243]).