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Nodal compartments to be removed for each type of lymph node dissection as defined by the Japanese Research Society for Gastric Cancer (JGCA, 1998)[10]
| Tumor site | LN D1 dissection | LN D2 dissection | LN D3 dissection |
| Upper stomach | 1, 2, 3, 4 | 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | 5, 6, 8, 12, 16 |
| Middle stomach | 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 | 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 | 4, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16 |
| Lower stomach | 3, 4, 5, 6 | 1, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14 | 4, 8, 12, 13, 16 |
LN: Lymph nodes.
