Table 5.

Lymph node metastasis ratios and incidence at each station in upper third, middle third and lower third gastric cancers

Node group	Upper			Middle			Lower
	pN category	Incidence	Ratio	pN category	Incidence	Ratio	pN category	Incidence	Ratio
No. 1	pN1	0.0 (0/52)	0.0 (0/25)	pN1	7.4 (1/73)	1.0 (1/98)	pN2	0.0 (0/40)	0.0 (0/79)
No. 2	pN1	5.3 (1/19)	4.0 (1/25)	pN3	28.6 (2/7)	1.0 (1/98)	M	0.0 (0/1)	0.0 (0/79)
No. 3	pN1	5.5 (7/128)	8.0 (2/25)	pN1	3.8 (17/445)	9.2 (9/98)	pN1	5.9 (17/288)	8.9 (7/79)
No. 4	pN1	1.6 (1/62)	4.0 (1/25)	pN1	4.3 (15/347)	5.1 (5/98)	pN1	2.7 (7/261)	6.3 (5/79)
No. 5	pN3	0.0 (0/6)	0.0 (0/25)	pN1	2.6 (1/38)	1.0 (1/98)	pN1	2.9 (1/34)	1.3 (1/79)
No. 6	pN3	0.0 (0/21)	0.0 (0/25)	pN1	2.2 (4/182)	2.0 (2/98)	pN1	11.0 (17/155)	8.9 (7/79)
No. 7	pN2	0.0 (0/21)	0.0 (0/25)	pN2	0.0 (0/141)	0.0 (0/98)	pN2	4.0 (4/101)	1.3 (1/79)
No. 8	pN2	16.7 (2/12)	4.0 (1/25)	pN2	1.6 (1/63)	1.0 (1/98)	pN2	0.0 (4/45)	0.0 (0/79)
No. 9	pN2	0.0 (0/5)	0.0 (0/25)	pN2	3.5 (3/85)	3.1 (3/98)	pN2	0.0 (4/44)	0.0 (0/79)
No. 10	pN2	0.0 (0/2)	0.0 (0/25)	pN3	0.0 (0/3)	0.0 (0/98)	M	0.0 (0/11)	0.0 (0/79)
No. 11	pN2	0.0 (0/4)	0.0 (0/25)	pN2	7.1 (1/14)	1.0 (1/98)	pN2	0.0 (0/9)	0.0 (0/79)
No. 12	pN3	0.0 (0/6)	0.0 (0/25)	pN2	0.0 (0/61)	0.0 (0/98)	pN2	0.0 (0/41)	0.0 (0/79)
No. 13	M	0.0 (0/10)	0.0 (0/25)	pN3	0.0 (0/31)	0.0 (0/98)	pN3	0.0 (0/17)	0.0 (0/79)
No. 14	M	0.0 (0/2)	0.0 (0/25)	pN3	41.2 (7/17)	1.0 (1/98)	pN2	25.0 (1/4)	1.3 (1/79)
No. 15	M	0.0 (0/1)	0.0 (0/25)	M	0.0 (0/9)	0.0 (0/98)	M	0.0 (0/3)	0.0 (0/79)
No. 16	M	0.0 (0/0)	0.0 (0/25)	pN3	0.0 (0/5)	0.0 (0/98)	pN3	0.0 (0/0)	0.0 (0/79)