Gastric cancer: Current status of lymph node dissection

Table 1 Numbering of lymph nodes according to the old classification of Japanese Research Society for Gastric Cancer (1962)

Station nr		Station nr
1	Right cardiac nodes	9	Nodes around the coeliac axis
2	Left cardiac nodes	10	Nodes at the splenic hilus
3	Nodes along the lesser curvature	11	Nodes along the splenic artery
4	Nodes along the greater curvature	12	Nodes in the hepatoduodenal ligament
5	Suprapyloric nodes	13	Nodes at the posterior aspect of the pancreas head
6	Infrapyloric nodes	14	Nodes at the root of the mesenterium
7	Nodes along the left gastric artery	15	Nodes in the mesocolon of the transverse colon
8	Nodes along the common hepatic artery	16	Para-aortic lymph nodes