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Table 2 Comparison of LN metastasis based on lymph node station

From: The optimal extent of lymph node dissection in gastroesophageal junctional cancer: retrospective case control study

Group A (Nā€‰=ā€‰207a)

Group B (Nā€‰=ā€‰29)

LN station

No. of Patients with Metastatic LNs

No. of Patients with LN dissection

Percent (%)

No. of Patients with Metastatic LNs

No. of Patients with LN dissection

Percent (%)

Upper mediastinum

0

0

0

1

12

8.3

Middle mediastinum

0

0

0

0

11

0

Lower mediastinum

0

0

0

3

29

10.3

1

38

207

18.3

8

14

57.1

2

31

196

15.8

5

11

45.4

3

31

207

14.9

9

14

64.2

4d

4

190

2.1

1

10

10.0

4sa

4

191

2.1

2

9

22.2

4sb

5

203

2.4

1

11

9.0

5

3

196

1.5

0

9

0

6

2

197

1.0

0

12

0

7

19

191

9.9

4

14

28.5

8

9

119

7.5

1

8

12.5

9

15

189

7.9

4

11

36.3

10

5

95

5.2

0

4

0

11p

11

171

6.4

1

7

14.2

11d

4

128

3.1

0

5

0

12a

4

146

2.7

0

10

0

Para aortic LN

3

9

33.3

0

2

0

  1. a Of the 261 patients in group A, lymph node station were not classified in 54 patients