Table 1 Lymph node grouping for gastric cancer patients by anatomic location of tumor according to the 13th edition of the JCGC and clinical practices in our center
LN station | Grouping of the perigastric LNs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | Distal | Middle | Upper | |
No. 1 | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 1 | Group 1 |
No. 2 | Group 1 | Distant metastasis | Group 1 | Group 1 |
No. 3 | Group 1 | Group 1 | Group 1 | Group 1 |
No. 4 | Group 1 | Group 1 | Group 1 | Group 1 |
No. 5 | Group 1 | Group 1 | Group 1 | Distant metastasis |
No. 6 | Group 1 | Group 1 | Group 1 | Distant metastasis |
No. 7 | Group 2 | Group 2 | Group 2 | Group 2 |
No. 8 | Group 2 | Group 2 | Group 2 | Group 2 |
No. 9 | Group 2 | Group 2 | Group 2 | Group 2 |
No. 10 | Group 2 | Distant metastasis | Group 2 | Group 2 |
No. 11 | Group 2 | Group 2 | Group 2 | Group 2 |
No. 12 | Group 2 | Group 2 | Group 2 | Group 3 |
No. 13a | Group 3 | Group 3 | Group 3 | Distant metastasis |