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World J Gastrointest Oncol. Feb 15, 2025; 17(2): 98803
Published online Feb 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i2.98803
Published online Feb 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i2.98803
Table 2 Lymph node metastasis distribution patterns in upper vs lower gastric cancer groups
| Groups | Upper gastric cancer (n = 817) | Lower gastric cancer (n = 989) | ||
| Siewert type II (n = 219) | Siewert type III (n = 253) | Other/unclassified (n = 345) | ||
| Cases/ratio | Cases/ratio | Cases/ratio | Cases/ratio | |
| 1 | 93 (42.47) | 98 (38.73) | 145 (42.03) | 52 (5.26) |
| 2 | 65 (29.68) | 77 (30.43) | 98 (28.41) | 25 (2.53) |
| 3 | 82 (37.44) | 104 (41.11) | 135 (39.13) | 410 (41.46) |
| 4 | 32 (14.61) | 35 (13.83) | 53 (15.36) | 229 (23.15) |
| 5 | 28 (12.78) | 32 (12.65) | 41 (11.88) | 208 (21.03) |
| 6 | 16 (7.31) | 13 (5.14) | 18 (5.22) | 387 (39.13) |
| 7 | 61 (27.85) | 71 (28.06) | 101 (29.28) | 253 (25.58) |
| 8 | 23 (10.50) | 32 (12.65) | 35 (10.14) | 195 (19.72) |
| 9 | 20 (9.13) | 19 (7.51) | 39 (11.30) | 72 (7.28) |
| 10 | 11 (5.02) | 15 (5.93) | 19 (5.51) | 12 (1.21) |
| 11 | 25 (11.42) | 31 (12.25) | 37 (10.72) | 22 (2.22) |
| 12 | 2 (0.91) | 4 (1.58) | 3 (0.87) | 32 (3.24) |
| 13 | 0 | 1 (0.40) | 1 (0.29) | 9 (0.91) |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.29) | 7 (0.71) |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (0.81) |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.20) |
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 110 | 16 (7.31) | 0 | 8 (2.32) | 0 |
| 111 | 12 (5.48) | 0 | 9 (2.61) | 0 |
| 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Citation: Yuan XB, Sun G, Niu J, Dong L, Sui Y, Lv YZ. Metastatic lymph node distribution and pathology correlations in upper and lower gastric cancer patients: A multicenter retrospective study. World J Gastrointest Oncol 2025; 17(2): 98803
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5204/full/v17/i2/98803.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4251/wjgo.v17.i2.98803