Table 3 Incidence of 1-3 positive lymph nodes in gastric cancer patients according to the depth of tumor invasion (%)

no.1

0

2

(2.6)

6

(5.5)

3

(60.0)

0

0

1

(33.3)

5

(71.4)

18

(40.9)

no.2

-

-

-

-

1

(12.5)

0

0

1

(14.3)

8

(18.2)

no.3

5

(25.0)

20

(26.0)

37

(33.6)

2

(40.0)

3

(37.5)

8

(53.3)

1

(33.3)

2

(28.6)

12

(27.3)

no.4d

6

(30.0)

15

(19.5)

16

(14.5)

0

1

(12.5)

5

(33.3)

0

0

4

(9.1)

no.5

2

(10.0)

12

(15.6)

15

(13.6)

0

2

(25.0)

3

(20.0)

0

0

0

no.6

5

(25.0)

30

(39.0)

40

(36.4)

0

1

(12.5)

1

(6.7)

0

0

0

no.7

2

(10.0)

5

(6.5)

5

(4.5)

0

2

(25.0)

1

(6.7)

1

(33.3)

0

6

(13.6)

no.8a

1

(5.0)

3

(3.9)

9

(8.2)

1

(20.0)

0

0

-

0

3

(6.8)

no.9

0

2

(2.6)

1

(0.9)

0

0

0

-

-

2

(4.5)

no.10

-

-

0

-

-

-

-

-

1

(2.3)

no.11p

-

1

(1.3)

2

(1.8)

-

0

0

-

0

2

(4.5)

no.12a

0

0

0

0

1

(12.5)

0

-

0

0

N1

18

(90.0)

64

(83.1)

88

(80.0)

4

(80.0)

6

(75.0)

14

(93.3)

2

(66.7)

7

(100.0)

34

(77.3)

N2

2

(10.0)

13

(16.9)

22

(20.0)

1

(20.0)

2

(25.0)

1

(6.7)

1

(33.3)

-

10

(22.7)

1

19

(95.0)

65

(84.4)

89

(80.9)

4

(80.0)

5

(62.5)

12

(80.0)

3

(100.0)

6

(85.7)

32

(72.7)

2

1

(5.0)

12

(15.6)

21

(19.1)

1

(20.0)

3

(37.5)

3

(20.0)

-

1

(14.3)

12

(27.3)