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Table 5 Lymphatic flow to the contralateral side distribution of observed lymphatic compartments in the lesser or greater curvature

From: nPTD classification: an updated classification of gastric cancer location for function preserving gastrectomy based on physiological lymphatic flow

Circumference

Lesser curvature

Greater curvature

Location of tumor

P

T

D

P

T

D

Number of patients

29

59

96

5

47

30

l-GA

100.0%

98.3%

83.3%

100.0%

68.1%

36.7%

r-GA

0.0%

0.0%

71.9%

0.0%

0.0%

43.3%

r-GEA

0.0%

27.1%

59.4%

40.0%

97.9%

100.0%

l-GEA

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

80.0%

6.4%

0.0%

p-GA

10.3%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

#2

17.2%

0.0%

0.0%

20.0%

0.0%

0.0%

  1. All percentage numbers represent the percentage of confirmed lymphatic flow per tumor location
  2. #2 No. 2 lymph node, l-GA left gastric artery basin, l-GEA left gastroepiploic artery basin, p-GA posterior gastric artery basin, r-GA right gastric artery basin, r-GEA right gastroepiploic artery basin