’ s response to reviews Title : Different prognostic implication of ypTNM stage and pTNM stage for gastric cancer : A Propensity Score-matched Analysis

Title: Different prognostic implication of ypTNM stage and pTNM stage for gastric cancer: A Propensity Score-matched Analysis Authors: Ziyu Li (ziyu_li@hsc.pku.edu.cn) Yinkui Wang (wykchangfeng@163.com) Xiangji Ying (yingxjii@163.com) Fei Shan (shanfei@hsc.pku.edu.cn) Zhouqiao Wu (wuzhouqiao@gmail.com) Lianhai Zhang (zlhzlh@hotmail.com) Shuangxi Li (lishx@hsc.pku.edu.cn) Yongning Jia (yongningjia@bjmu.edu.cn) Hui Ren (renhui88@sina.com) Jiafu Ji (jijiafu@hsc.pku.edu.cn) Version: 2 Date: 26 Dec 2018 Author’s response to reviews: We, the authors, are grateful to the editor and reviewer for their comments on our manuscript. We have addressed all the points raised by the editor and reviewer. Please see the point-to-point response below.