Table 1. Terminology of regional lymph node in oesophageal carcinoma by the Japanese Society for Esophageal Diseases.

Numbering	Cervical and mediastinal lymph nodes	Numbering	Abdominal lymph nodes
100	Superficial cervical	1	Right cardiac
101	Paraoesophageal	2	Left cardiac
102	Deep cervical	3	Lesser curvature
103	Peripharygeal	4	Greater curvature
104	Supraclavicular	7	Left gastric artery
105	Upper thoracic paraoesophageal	8	Common hepatic artery
106	Thoracic paratracheal	9
106rec	Recurrent nerve	10	Coeliac artery
106pre	Pretracheal	11	Splenic hilar
106tb	Tracheobronchial		Splenic artery
107	Subcarinal
108	Middle thoracic paraoesophageal
109	Main bronchus
110	Lower thoracic paraoesophageal
111	Supradiaphragmatic
112	Posterior mediastinal